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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Derbyshire

The Green Road, Ashbourne, DE6 1EP

Website 01335343685

66

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

91.4%

22.0% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,276

Capacity used

Has space

90%

1,420 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

198 of 198 families who put it first got an offer

201

Places offered

249

Total applications

1.2

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference198198● 100%
2nd preference412● 5%
3rd preference100● 0%
Total24920080%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
100%
2025

Derbyshire lets families list 3 preferences. 29 applications came from outside the council area (23 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Christian
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Yes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Scott Garrity
Address
The Green Road, Ashbourne, DE6 1EP
Phone
01335343685
Local authority
Derbyshire
Ward / constituency
Ashbourne North · Derbyshire Dales
Area
Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
136972

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals21%——
English as additional language4%——
SEN support18%——
49% boys (623)51% girls (653)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: TAPESTRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

1,276 pupils · 1,420 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    24 January 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,083 pupils

Attendance

91.4%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

8.6%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

22.0%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

3.3%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.2%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

9%
20/21
24%
21/22
21%
22/23
25%
23/24
22%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Attainment 8 score46.5——
Progress 8 score-0.25—0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths44%——
Grade 4+ in English & maths64%——
EBacc average point score4.10——

Progress 8 band

Well below
5% of schools
Below
26% of schools
Average
43% of schools
Above
21% of schools
Well above
5% of schools

A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry37.70——

Average grade: B- (England B-)

GCSE results over time

52.1201952.9202248.4202346.5202448.22025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 848.246
Grade 5+ English & maths44.5%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths71.6%65%
Entering EBacc29.4%40%
EBacc average point score4.244.1
Pupils in cohort218—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils
-0.84
Other pupils
-0.15
Low prior attainers
-0.26
Middle prior attainers
-0.21
High prior attainers
-0.31
Girls
-0.34
Boys
-0.14

A-level results over time

39.47201943.99202236.07202337.7202436.982025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry36.9835
Average gradeB-—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)19.7%17%
A-level students87—

Oxbridge

<32020<32021<3202232023≤52024≤52025

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2

UCAS apply centre 10385: Queen Elizabeths Grammar School, Ashbourne

Cambridge admissions12025
Applications≤5
Offers≤5
Success rate—
Accepted offers0

1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)66%——
Apprenticeships4%——
Any education or training67%——

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.