Charlton School
Academy sponsor led · 1,218 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.7
Academy special sponsor led
Queensway
- Pupils on roll
- 157of 114 places
- Free school meals
- 51.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 21
- Ofsted
- Good, 14 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Mount Gilbert School (URN 132122, until 11 January 2018).
What the data says
Of the 26 pupils who finished Year 11 at Queensway in 2023, 8% moved to a sixth form college, 50% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 13.6 against 46.1 across England and 44.2 in Telford and Wrekin, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 4% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Telford and Wrekin and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Queensway | Telford and Wrekin | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 26 | 2,324 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 62% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 58% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 29% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 8% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 50% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 35% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Queensway | Telford and Wrekin | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 13.6 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.98 | 3.91 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 62% | 29% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 13.9 | 32.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 13.3 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 14% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 19 | 90% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 11% |
| English Language | 19 | 90% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 5% |
| Mathematics | 19 | 90% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| Art and Design | 6 | 29% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 50% |
| Design and Technology | 5 | 24% | 11% | — | 23% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 10 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 6 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin
Ercall Wood Academy
Academy converter · 971 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.5
Haberdashers' Abraham Darby
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,084 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.7
Haberdashers' Adams
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,090 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 71.8
Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase
Academy converter · 1,237 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.4
Holy Trinity Academy
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 994 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.