Queen Elizabeth's
Western Road, Crediton, EX17 3LU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Headteacher Paula Smith
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Central Devon
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,650
- Pupils on roll
- 1,096
- URN
- 136646
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01363773401
About this school
Queen Elizabeth's is a secondary academy in Crediton. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,096 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 251 | 193 | 195 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.8 | 47.6 | 46.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.27 +0.10 to +0.45 | +0.22 +0.01 to +0.42 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 50.8% | 49.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 71.5% | 67.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 30% | 52.8% | 68.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Queen Elizabeth's has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Devon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50.8 | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.6 | 36.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.2 | 33.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,279 |
| 2023/24 | 1,205 |
| 2024/25 | 1,138 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Queen Elizabeth's compares
Queen Elizabeth's ranked 17th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 62% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.2 | 9.2% | 18.9% | 1,096 | — |
| West Exe School | 47 | 10% | 20.4% | 1,237 | 8.1 miles |
| St James School | 46.9 | 8.8% | 27.5% | 985 | 8.3 miles |
| Isca Academy | 46.4 | 11% | 27.9% | 860 | 9.0 miles |
| St Luke's Church of England School | 45.3 | 11.3% | 30.4% | 870 | 9.1 miles |
| St Peter's Church of England Aided School | 53 | 7.6% | 13% | 1,305 | 9.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report12 May 2026
- 17 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.88%
- English as an additional language
- 4.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.15%
- Persistent absence
- 24.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
West Exe School8.1 miles
Secondary · Exeter
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St James School8.3 miles
Secondary · Exeter
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Isca Academy9.0 miles
Secondary · Exeter
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St Luke's Church of England School9.1 miles
Secondary · Exeter
-
St Peter's Church of England Aided School9.5 miles
Secondary · Exeter
Other schools in Crediton
- Bow Community Primary School Primary
- Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School Primary
- Copplestone Primary School Primary
- East Worlington Primary School Primary
- Hayward's Primary School Primary
- Landscore Primary School Primary
- Morchard Bishop Church of England Primary School Primary
- Sandford School Primary
- Spreyton School Primary
- St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary School Primary
- Yeoford Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Queen Elizabeth's teach?
- Queen Elizabeth's teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Crediton.
- Who is the principal of Queen Elizabeth's?
- The principal of Queen Elizabeth's is Headteacher Paula Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Queen Elizabeth's last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queen Elizabeth's, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Queen Elizabeth's?
- Queen Elizabeth's has 1,096 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Queen Elizabeth's full?
- Queen Elizabeth's has capacity for 1,650 pupils and 1,096 on roll (66%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Queen Elizabeth's a faith school?
- No. Queen Elizabeth's has no designated religious character.
- Is Queen Elizabeth's a selective school?
- No. Queen Elizabeth's is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Queen Elizabeth's?
- Queen Elizabeth's is part of THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Queen Elizabeth's have?
- The schools register lists Queen Elizabeth's's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Queen Elizabeth's's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50.8 in 2022/23 and 46.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Queen Elizabeth's rank locally?
- Queen Elizabeth's ranked 17th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 62% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Queen Elizabeth's's absence rate?
- Queen Elizabeth's's overall absence rate is 9.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Queen Elizabeth's's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queen Elizabeth's's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.