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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

West Park Road, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, BB2 6DF

Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 25 September 2019). Last inspected 25 September 2019.

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875
Pupils
19.1%
Free school meals
1 September 2014
Opened

About this school

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is a Free schools serving secondary age pupils, located in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire. The school has 875 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 25 September 2019). Last inspected 25 September 2019. The Acting Head is Claire Gammon. The school is administered by Blackburn with Darwen local authority. It belongs to QEGS BLACKBURN ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 September 2014.

School details

Acting Head
Claire Gammon
Trust
QEGS BLACKBURN ACADEMY TRUST
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Gender
Mixed
URN
141165

Admissions

Applications for places at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School are handled by the school or the local authority (Blackburn with Darwen). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

47.0
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.22
Progress 8 · 2023-24
37%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
68%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
4.30
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
76%
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.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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