UK Schools
Queen's Park High School
Queen's Park High School is a mixed secondary academy in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Council, teaching 792 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in February 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 44.2 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 22 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Queen's Park High School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Queen's Park High School.
- 1 Staff INSET Day (students not in school)
- 2–30 Autumn Term 1
- 1–24 Autumn Term 1
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3–30 Autumn Term 2
- 28 Staff INSET Day (students not in school)
- 1–19 Autumn Term 2
- 1 Staff INSET Day (students not in school)
- 22–31 Christmas Holidays
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday (between Autumn and Spring terms)
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holidays
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday (between Autumn and Spring terms)
- 1 New Year’s Day
- 5 Staff INSET Day (students not in school)
- 6–31 Spring Term 1
- 1–13 Spring Term 1
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23–28 Spring Term 2
- 1–31 Spring Term 2
- 1 Spring Term 2
- 2–17 Spring Break (includes Easter Bank Holidays)
- 2–17 Easter Holiday (between Spring and Summer terms)
- 3 Good Friday (variable date)
- 6 Easter Monday (variable date)
- 20 Staff INSET Day (students not in school)
- 21–30 Summer Term 1
- 1–22 Summer Term 1
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (students not in school)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term (includes Spring Bank Holiday)
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term 2
- 1–22 Summer Term 2
- 23–31 Summer Holidays
- 23–31 Summer Holiday (end of academic year)
- 1–31 Summer Holidays
- 1–31 Summer Holiday (end of academic year)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff INSET Day (students not in school) September 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term 1 September 2, 2025 - October 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term October 27, 2025 - October 31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term 2 November 3, 2025 - December 19, 2025 Term
- Staff INSET Day (students not in school) November 28, 2025 Inset Day
- Staff INSET Day (students not in school) December 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Christmas Holidays December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff INSET Day (students not in school) January 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term 1 January 6, 2026 - February 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term February 16, 2026 - February 20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term 2 February 23, 2026 - April 1, 2026 Term
- Spring Break (includes Easter Bank Holidays) April 2, 2026 - April 17, 2026 Holiday
- Staff INSET Day (students not in school) April 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Term 1 April 21, 2026 - May 22, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday (students not in school) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term (includes Spring Bank Holiday) May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term 2 June 1, 2026 - July 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Holidays July 23, 2026 - August 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday (between Autumn and Spring terms) December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday (between Spring and Summer terms) April 2, 2026 - April 17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday (end of academic year) July 23, 2026 - August 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year’s Day January 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday (variable date) April 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday (variable date) April 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday August 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day December 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day December 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Queen's Park High School with Cheshire West and Chester Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 44.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 28.58 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 26.4% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 87% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 81% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Queen's Park High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Queen's Park High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.