Queen's Park High School is a secondary school located in Chester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 22/06/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.8%, which is 1.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Queens Park Road, Chester, CH4 7AE
Website: www.qphs.co.uk
Telephone: 01244257088
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Tom Kearns
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 143817

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 22/06/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1080
Number of Pupils: 595
Number of Boys: 292
Number of Girls: 303

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 16.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.21 Confidence interval -0.55 to 0.14
Of the 62 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 52 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:27%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:31%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:43
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.76
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Community Nursery School
Old Wrexham Road , CH4 7HS
4out of 4 822 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Overleigh St Mary's CofE Primary School
Old Wrexham Road , Handbridge CH4 7HS
3out of 4 737 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy
Union Street , CH1 1QP
3out of 4 790 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School
Lightfoot Street , Hoole CH2 3AD
3out of 4 1,641 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Cherry Grove Primary School
Cherry Grove Road , CH3 5EG
3out of 4 1,676 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Boughton Heath Academy
Becketts Lane , Great Boughton CH3 5RW
4out of 4 1,747 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Chester International School
Queens Park Campus, Queens Park Road , Handbridge CH4 7AE
- not rated 196 yd Studio schools No Mixed More About School
The Catholic High School, Chester
Old Wrexham Road , Handbridge CH4 7HS
3out of 4 957 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Vaughans Lane , Great Boughton CH3 5XF
3out of 4 1,413 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Abbey School for Exceptional Children
10-12 Abbey Square , Chester CH1 2HU
- not rated 1,063 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Queen's School
City Walls Road , CH1 2NN
- not rated 1,155 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Dee Banks School
Dee Banks , Sandy Lane CH3 5UX
3out of 4 1,219 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
University of Chester
Parkgate Road , CH1 4BJ
- not rated 1,947 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Maple Grove School
Clare Avenue , Chester CH2 3HR
- not rated 2,214 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.