SCHOOL PROFILE

Queens' School: data, trends and context

Queens' School is a secondary school in Hertfordshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
136877
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Region
East of England
Trust
QUEENS' SCHOOL (BUSHEY)
Postcode
WD23 2TY
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,697
FSM eligible
9.8%
EAL / First language other than English
17.7%
SEND (total)
19.3%
SEN Support
16.5%
EHCP
2.8%
White British
37.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
94.4%
Overall absence
5.6%
Persistent absence
12.5%
Severe absence
1.5%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
HertfordshireLocal authority92.0%8.0%2.2%
East of EnglandRegion91.5%8.5%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 24 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
3.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
1.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.06%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
57.5
English & maths grade 5+
67.8%
English & maths grade 4+
83.5%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Queens' School is a secondary school in Hertfordshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.