Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Academy special sponsor led
Queensbury School
- Pupils on roll
- 372of 346 places
- Free school meals
- 63.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 36
- Ofsted
- Good, 24 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Queensbury School (URN 103616, until 28 February 2019).
What the data says
Of the 37 pupils who finished Year 11 at Queensbury School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Queensbury School’s own sixth form (Birmingham average 33%), 11% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 6.7 against 46.1 across England and 46.6 in Birmingham, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none 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 Birmingham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Queensbury School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 37 | 14,526 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 11% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 78% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 4% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Queensbury School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 6.7 | 46.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 3% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.54 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 64% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 3.6 | 40.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 12.3 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 39% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 11 | 31% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 36% |
| Religious Studies | 10 | 28% | 31% | 0% | 32% | 10% |
| Mathematics | 10 | 28% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 10% |
| English Literature | 10 | 28% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 30% |
| 3D Design | 9 | 25% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 0% |
| Geography | 9 | 25% | 41% | 0% | 25% | 0% |
| Combined Science | 8 | 22% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 0% |
| Fine Art | 6 | 17% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 0% |
| Biology | 3 | 8% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| History | 2 | 6% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Physics | 2 | 6% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
| Chemistry | 2 | 6% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
Other secondary schools in Birmingham
Arena Academy
Academy sponsor led · 969 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Ark Boulton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 877 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Ark Kings Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 739 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.5
Ark St Alban's Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 797 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Ark Victoria Academy
Free schools · 1,519 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4
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.