Secondary
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
West Park Road, Blackburn, BB2 6DF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 873 of 1000 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- QEGS BLACKBURN ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 77.2
- Pupils per adult
- 11.3
- Pupils
- 874
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
Some aspects not as strong
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
37%
11 points below the Blackburn average (48% across 10 schools)
47.0
1.5 below the Blackburn average (48.5 across 10 schools)
6th of 10 by our score, among the secondary schools in Blackburn we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.3 |
| Entered the EBacc | 76% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.47 |
| A level students | 72 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50% |
| 22/23 | 44% |
| 23/24 | 44% |
| 24/25 | 37% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33.1 |
| 22/23 | 27.1 |
| 23/24 | 25.4 |
| 24/25 | 29.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.07 |
| 22/23 | -0.15 |
| 23/24 | -0.22 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.3 |
| 22/23 | 48.2 |
| 23/24 | 46.7 |
| 24/25 | 47.0 |
West Park Road, Blackburn, BB2 6DF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Blackburn with Darwen admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Acting Head
- Claire Gammon
- Address
- West Park Road, Blackburn, BB2 6DF
- Telephone
- 01254686300