Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith

Secondary Academy Penrith 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Good 📊 Attainment 8: 64.8

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith is a mixed secondary academy in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness Council, teaching 1,026 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in January 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 64.8 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith.

Latest inspection
Good Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Sixth formGood
S5 Inspection · Inspected 24 Jan 2023 · Published 28 Mar 2023
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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 Grammar School Penrith.

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Y11 English Lit Mock Exam 9th September 2025 Event
  • Y12 Parent Welcome Evening 17th September 2025 Event
  • Y7 CAT Tests 22nd - 25th September 2025 Event
  • Mathematical Olympiad for Girls 25th September 2025 Event
  • Sponsored Walk 26th September 2025 Event
  • Sponsored Walk Reserve Day 3rd October 2025 Event
  • Y11, Y12, Y13 Senior Maths Challenge 9th October 2025 Event
  • Lunchtime Music Concert 16th October 2025 Event
  • Y7 Vocal Festival 20th October 2025 Event
  • QEGS Presents Rock Night 23rd October 2025 Event
  • Autumn Half Term Holiday 27th - 31st October 2025 Holiday
  • Y12 Assessment Week (In Lessons) 3rd - 7th November 2025 Event
  • Y10 & Y11 GCSE Music Mock Performances – During scheduled lessons 3rd - 7th November 2025 Event
  • Y11 Mock Exams 10th - 21st November 2025 Event
  • GCSE Awards Night 20th November 2025 Event
  • FQEGS Christmas Fayre 21st November 2025 Holiday
  • Y11 Art Mock 24th - 25th November 2025 Event
  • Y11 MFL Orals 24th - 27th November 2025 Event
  • Flu Vaccinations 25th November 2025 Event
  • Lunchtime Music Concert 27th November 2025 Event
  • Y13 Parents Evening 2nd December 2025 Event
  • PSMA Carols 8th - 9th December 2025 Event
  • 6th Form Applications Open 11th December 2025 Event
  • Y11 Mock Results Day 11th December 2025 Event
  • Y11 Parents Evening 11th December 2025 Event
  • Y11 Careers Fair 12th December 2025 Event
  • QEGS Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 15th December 2025 Event
  • A-Level Awards Night 18th December 2025 Event
  • End of Term Church Service 19th December 2025 Term
  • Y13 Mock Exams 7th - 16th January 2026 Event
  • 6th Form Applications Deadline 9th January 2026 Event
  • Y9 Careers Fair 13th January 2026 Event
  • Y9 Parents Evening 15th January 2026 Event
  • Y9 GCSE Options Evening 21st January 2026 Event
  • Y11 Mock Interview Day 22nd January 2026 Event
  • Intermediate Maths Challenge 28th January 2026 Term
  • Lunchtime Music Concert 5th February 2026 Event
  • Y11 Literature Mock Exam 9th February 2026 Event
  • School Musical 9th - 13th February 2026 Event
  • 6th Form Tours 10th February 2026 Event
  • Year 8 Parent Evening 12th February 2026 Event
  • Spring Half Term Holiday 16th - 20th February 2026 Holiday
  • Y10 Mock Exams 23rd February - 2nd March 2026 Event
  • 6th Form Interviews – External 24th February 2026 Event
  • Y7 Parents Evening 26th February 2026 Event
  • Y11 GCSE Music Exam 2nd - 3rd March 2026 Event
  • Y11 GCSE Drama Exam 2nd - 3rd March 2026 Event
  • QEGS Dance Evening 4th - 5th March 2026 Event
  • World Book Day 5th March 2026 Event
  • FQEGS Quiz Night 6th March 2026 Event
  • Carlisle & District Music Festival 9th - 13th March 2026 Event
  • Y10 Results Morning 19th March 2026 Event
  • Y10 Parents Evening #1 19th March 2026 Event
  • Y10 Parents Evening #2 25th March 2026 Event
  • Lunchtime Music Concert 26th March 2026 Event
  • End of Term Church Service 27th March 2026 Term
  • Y11 MFL Oral Exams 13th - 22nd April 2026 Event
  • Mason Mile 14th April 2026 Event
  • Y11 GCSE Art Exams 15th - 16th April 2026 Event
  • Y13 MFL Oral Exams 20th April 2026 Event
  • Mason Mile Reserve Day 21st April 2026 Event
  • Y13 A-Level Art Exam 27th - 29th April 2026 Event
  • Y11 English Mock Exam 30th April 2026 Event
  • Y11 Last Day 1st May 2026 Event
  • Y13 Last Day 5th May 2026 Event
  • Y7 & Y8 Junior Maths Challenge 7th May 2026 Event
  • Y11 GCSEs Start 7th May 2026 Event
  • Y13 A-Levels Start 11th May 2026 Event
  • Summer Half Term Holiday 25th - 29th May 2026 Holiday
  • KS3 Exam Week 1st - 5th June 2026 Event
  • Y12 Exam Week 1st - 5th June 2026 Event
  • Y10 Art Mock Exam 3rd June 2026 Event
  • Y10 GCSE Drama Exam 8th - 9th June 2026 Event
  • Enrichment Cluster 11th June 2026 Event
  • Y11 GCSEs End 16th June 2026 Event
  • Lunchtime Music Concert 18th June 2026 Event
  • Y13 A-Levels End 22nd June 2026 Event
  • Y10 MFL Oral Exams 22nd - 26th June 2026 Event
  • Year 5 Open Evening 23rd June 2026 Event
  • Y11 & Y13 National Exam Contingency Day 24th June 2026 Event
  • Y7 Careers Fair 25th June 2026 Event
  • Y12 Induction Day 29th June 2026 Event
  • End of Term Church Service 17th July 2026 Term
  • Christmas Holiday 22nd December 2025 - 5th January 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday 6th April - 17th April 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday 18th July - 31st August 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day 1st January 2026 Event
  • Good Friday 3rd April 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday 6th April 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday 4th May 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday 25th May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday 31st August 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day 25th December 2026 Holiday
  • Boxing Day 26th December 2026 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
64.8 Attainment 8 England 46.1 Top 4%
87.5% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4% Top 4%
37.14 A level average score England 35 Top 29%
10.1% Persistent absence England 17.8% Top 32%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith with Westmorland and Furness Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 64.8 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Westmorland and Furness Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 64.8
Westmorland and Furness Council 45.4 England 46.1 +18.7 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 87.5%
Westmorland and Furness Council 42.3% England 45.4% +42.1 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 2.5%
Westmorland and Furness Council 17% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 160
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 37.14 A level average point score

Results for students finishing post-16 study.

This school Westmorland and Furness Council England

A level average point score · Per entry, 50 = A* 37.14
Westmorland and Furness Council 32.79 England 35 +2.1 vs England
A level students · Small cohorts swing wildly 121
Attendance 10.1% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Westmorland and Furness Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 10.1%
Westmorland and Furness Council 15.1% England 17.8% -7.7 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 5.3%
Westmorland and Furness Council 6.2% England 6.8% -1.4 vs 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 Westmorland and Furness Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 99%
Westmorland and Furness Council 95% England 92% +7 vs England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 88% In education, apprenticeship or work

Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.

This school Westmorland and Furness Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 88%
Westmorland and Furness Council 83% England 79% +9 vs England
Went to higher education 64%
Westmorland and Furness Council 27% England 37% +27 vs 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 Grammar School Penrith. 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith 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.