UK Schools
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is a mixed secondary academy in Ashbourne, Derbyshire County Council, teaching 1,276 pupils aged 11 to 18. Its last Ofsted inspection in January 2024 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 48.2 (England 46.1). The 2026–2027 school year runs from 8 September 2026 to 7 June 2027.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School.
Term dates & holidays 2026–2027
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School.
- 4 INSET school opens for staff only
- 7 INSET school opens for staff only
- 8 Staggered Start Year 7 and 11 Students Only
- 9 Staggered Start Year 7 10 11 and 12 Students Only
- 10 All Students return
- 26–30 HALF TERM
- 2 School opens
- 21–31 Holiday
- 1 Holiday
- 4 INSET DAY school opens for staff only
- 5 INSET DAY school opens for staff only
- 6 School opens
- 8–12 HALF TERM inc Shrovetide
- 15 School opens
- 26–31 Holiday
- 1–9 Holiday
- 12 School opens
- 3 May Day
- 31 HALF TERM
- 1–4 HALF TERM
- 7 School opens
- 26 INSET school closed
Key dates (2026–2027)
- INSET school opens for staff only Sep 4, 2026 Inset Day
- INSET school opens for staff only Sep 7, 2026 Inset Day
- Staggered Start Year 7 and 11 Students Only Sep 8, 2026 Term
- Staggered Start Year 7 10 11 and 12 Students Only Sep 9, 2026 Term
- All Students return Sep 10, 2026 Term
- HALF TERM Oct 26, 2026-Oct 30, 2026 Holiday
- School opens Nov 2, 2026 Term
- Holiday Dec 21, 2026-Jan 1, 2027 Holiday
- INSET DAY school opens for staff only Jan 4, 2027 Inset Day
- INSET DAY school opens for staff only Jan 5, 2027 Inset Day
- School opens Jan 6, 2027 Term
- HALF TERM inc Shrovetide Feb 8, 2027-Feb 12, 2027 Holiday
- School opens Feb 15, 2027 Term
- Holiday Mar 26, 2027-Apr 9, 2027 Holiday
- School opens Apr 12, 2027 Term
- May Day May 3, 2027 Bank Holiday
- HALF TERM May 31, 2027-Jun 4, 2027 Holiday
- School opens Jun 7, 2027 Term
- INSET school closed Jul 26, 2027 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School with Derbyshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 48.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 36.98 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 22% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 91% 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 89% 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 Elizabeth's Grammar 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 Elizabeth's Grammar 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.