Academic Standards
The school had an Ofsted inspection in March 2008 and was assessed as outstanding, Grade 1 on a four point scale.
In 2008 the school was awarded High Performing Specialist School Status in recognition of the outstanding results achieved by the students. The focus of this status will be on leadership, an acknowledged strength of the staff (OFSTED)
In 2008, 66% of students gained 5 A*-C grades at GCSE The contextualised value added score achieved in the summer 2008 examinations was 1024, (which indicates the amount of progress that students make from Year 7 to their GCSEs) placing Queensmead in the top 8% of schools nationally.
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