Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Free schools secondary school in Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen).
Attainment 8
44.3
▼ 1.9 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
34.8%
▼ 12pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
92.0%
▲ 0.4pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
14.5
▼ 2.2 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
19.6%
▼ 8pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
18.4%
▲ 4pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
87%
873 / 1,000 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Good
last graded, 2019
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is a secondary school located in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 19 and currently has 875 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,000. It is part of the QEGS BLACKBURN ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Claire Gammon.
Enrichment
17 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Athletics
- Badminton
- Band
- Chess
- Choir
- Cricket
- Cross Country
- Debating
- Drama
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Football
- Netball
- Rounders
- Rugby
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
and 1 more
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 141165
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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