UK Schools
Queen Elizabeth School
Queen Elizabeth School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Luton, Luton Borough Council, teaching 1,229 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in June 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 39.9 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 16 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Queen Elizabeth 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 School.
- 2 Training Day — Year 7 boys in 1:00–3:30 p.m.
- 3 Term Begins (all boys)
- 17–18 Training Days
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3 Training Day
- 18 Autumn Term Ends
- 19–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–5 Christmas Holiday
- 6 Spring Term Begins
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 27 Spring Term Ends
- 28–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–12 Easter Holiday
- 13 Summer Term Begins
- 4 May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 3 Training Day
- 16 Summer Term Ends
- 17 Summer Holiday begins
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Training Day — Year 7 boys in 1:00–3:30 p.m. Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Term Begins (all boys) Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Training Days Sep 17-18, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Training Day Dec 3, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Ends Dec 18, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2025 – Jan 5, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Begins Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 28 – Apr 12, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Begins Apr 13, 2026 Term
- May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Training Day Jul 3, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Term Ends Jul 16, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday begins Jul 17, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Queen Elizabeth School with Luton Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 39.9 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Luton Borough Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 24.11 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Luton Borough Council England
Attendance 23.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Luton Borough Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 88% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Luton Borough 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 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 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.