Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. The school has 1,036 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 24 January 2023). Last inspected 24 January 2023. The Headteacher is David Marchant. The school is administered by Westmorland and Furness local authority. It belongs to CHANGING LIVES LEARNING TRUST. It opened in 1 May 2011.
Applications for places at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith are handled by the school or the local authority (Westmorland and Furness). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
64.8
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.35
Progress 8 · 2023-24
88%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
96%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
6.01
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
64%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.