Aylestone School
Community school · 443 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.3
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Queen Elizabeth High School
- Pupils on roll
- 421of 415 places
- Free school meals
- 22.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 71
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 11 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Queen Elizabeth Humanities College (URN 116930, until 1 December 2011).
What the data says
Queen Elizabeth High School has no sixth form. Of the 53 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 49% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 41% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.7 against 46.1 across England and 44.7 in Herefordshire, County of, with 41% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 30% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Herefordshire, County of and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Queen Elizabeth High School | Herefordshire, County of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 53 | 1,788 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 37% | 13% |
| — further education college | 49% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 9% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Queen Elizabeth High School | Herefordshire, County of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.7 | 44.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 32% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.40 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 31% | 20% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.9 | 33.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.8 | 47.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 10% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 70 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 64% |
| Mathematics | 69 | 97% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 67% |
| English Literature | 66 | 93% | 86% | 5% | 21% | 71% |
| Combined Science | 43 | 61% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 42% |
| Geography | 39 | 55% | 41% | 8% | 25% | 69% |
| History | 36 | 51% | 41% | 3% | 26% | 44% |
| Statistics | 29 | 41% | 5% | 21% | 20% | 93% |
| Chemistry | 24 | 34% | 23% | 8% | 47% | 75% |
| Physics | 24 | 34% | 23% | 8% | 46% | 83% |
| Biology | 24 | 34% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 88% |
| Spanish | 24 | 34% | 19% | 0% | 27% | 25% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 21 | 30% | 8% | 5% | 21% | 43% |
| Religious Studies | 19 | 27% | 31% | 5% | 32% | 32% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 23% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 56% |
| Art and Design | 11 | 15% | 7% | 18% | 24% | 91% |
| Music | 7 | 10% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| Photography | 6 | 8% | 6% | 17% | 19% | 100% |
| Polish | 4 | 6% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 20 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 16 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 9 | — | — |
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | 8 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of
Earl Mortimer College
Community school · 502 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.5
Fairfield High School
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.3
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.7
John Masefield High School
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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.2
Kingstone High School
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.