Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C69
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Faversham, ME13 7BQ
- Distance
- 1.4km away
The Abbey School
London Road, Faversham, ME13 8RZ
Local ranking81st of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1226
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 13 January 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from The Abbey School (URN 137154) since 1 April 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 36.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 207
Destinations
After GCSE 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
After A-Levels 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 73.0%
- Higher education
- 18.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 37.0%
- Not sustained
- 24.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
24.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 97
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1110
- Boys
- 544 (51%)
- Girls
- 517 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1226 (87% full)
- SEND
- 13.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.8%
- EAL
- 9.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.0%
- SEN Support
- 7.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,995/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 38.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.2%
- White Other: 6.3%
- Black African: 5.1%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Other: 0.5%
82.2%
White British
6.3%
White Other
5.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
London Road
Faversham, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 149893
- UKPRN
- 10092583
- Establishment No.
- 4033
- Trust
- THE HOWARD ACADEMY TRUST
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