UK Schools
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is a mixed secondary academy in Faversham, Kent County Council, teaching 1,156 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in February 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 65.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 24 October 2025 to 22 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School.
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 Elizabeth's Grammar School.
- 4 Inset Day (School opens for staff only)
- 5 Inset Day (School opens for staff only)
- 8 Staggered Start (Year 7 Students Only)
- 9 Staggered Start (Year 7, 10 & 12 Students Only)
- 10 All Students Return
- 24 Term Ends
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3 School Opens
- 19 Term Ends
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 5 Trust Inset Day (School opens for staff only)
- 6 QEGS Inset Day (School opens for staff only)
- 7 School Opens
- 13 Term Ends
- 16–20 Spring Half Term inc Shrovetide
- 23 School Opens
- 27 Term Ends
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 13 School Opens
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 Term Ends
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School Opens
- 22 Term Ends
- 23 Inset Day (School closed)
- 23 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day (School opens for staff only) Sep 4, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School opens for staff only) Sep 5, 2025 Inset Day
- Staggered Start (Year 7 Students Only) Sep 8, 2025 Event
- Staggered Start (Year 7, 10 & 12 Students Only) Sep 9, 2025 Event
- All Students Return Sep 10, 2025 Event
- Term Ends Oct 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- School Opens Nov 3, 2025 Event
- Term Ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Trust Inset Day (School opens for staff only) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- QEGS Inset Day (School opens for staff only) Jan 6, 2026 Inset Day
- School Opens Jan 7, 2026 Event
- Term Ends Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term inc Shrovetide Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens Feb 23, 2026 Event
- Term Ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens Apr 13, 2026 Event
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Term Ends May 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens Jun 1, 2026 Event
- Term Ends Jul 22, 2026 Term
- Inset Day (School closed) Jul 23, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 23, 2026 - Early Sep 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School with Kent County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 65.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Kent County Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 37.95 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Kent County Council England
Attendance 12.7% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Kent County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 99% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Kent County Council England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 89% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
This school Kent County Council England
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.