Secondary
Queen Elizabeth's School
Blandford Road, Wimborne, BH21 4DT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 13 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1375 of 1580 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- INITIO LEARNING TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 89.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 107.5
- Pupils per adult
- 14.5
- Pupils
- 1,556
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 October 2023
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
38%
43.3
5th of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Wimborne we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.67 |
| Entered the EBacc | 14% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.05 |
| A level students | 140 |
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 | 48% |
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 43% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.1 |
| 22/23 | 31.3 |
| 23/24 | 30.3 |
| 24/25 | 31.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.14 |
| 22/23 | -0.07 |
| 23/24 | -0.17 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49.7 |
| 22/23 | 45.1 |
| 23/24 | 45.2 |
| 24/25 | 43.3 |
Blandford Road, Wimborne, BH21 4DT
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.
Dorset 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
- Headteacher
- Thomas Neill
- Address
- Blandford Road, Wimborne, BH21 4DT
- Telephone
- 01202885233