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Queens' School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,697Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136877URN

Aldenham Road, Bushey, WD23 2TY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.0per place
3.0 above Hertfordshire median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire

1,554 applications for 259 places · 4th of 77 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
56.2of 90
21st of 78 in Hertfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 18 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 18 March 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 18 September 2019
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
6.0applications per place, Year 7
3.0 above Hertfordshire median (3.0) 3.8 above England median (2.2)

1,554 applications · 259 places offered · 436 named it first

  1. 2026 6.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  2. 2025 6.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  3. 2024 5.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  4. 2023 5.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 5.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 5.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  7. 2020 5.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  8. 2019 5.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
  9. 2018 5.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  10. 2017 5.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  11. 2016 5.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
  12. 2015 5.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  13. 2014 5.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262591,5546.04361.68
Sep 20252511,5506.24101.63
Sep 20242641,4445.53801.44
Sep 20232601,3985.42891.11
Sep 20222641,4915.73691.40
Sep 20212681,4005.23481.30
Sep 20202691,4435.43321.23
Sep 20192651,5595.93911.48
Sep 20182641,5125.73331.26
Sep 20172641,4185.43331.26
Sep 20162641,4505.52901.10
Sep 20152631,4275.43021.15
Sep 20142621,4005.32881.10

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

268 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)56.221st of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths66%20th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths79%
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.20
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26856.266%79%–
2024/2526757.568%84%–
2023/2426653.563%81%+0.20
2022/2326455.665%86%+0.18

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136877 · 919/5410
Trust
Queens' School (BUSHEY)
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,701 pupils · 1,697 on roll
Free school meals
10.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Queens' School (URN 117582)
Address
Aldenham Road, Bushey, WD23 2TY
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Hertsmere

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources