Queen Mary's High School
Upper Forster Street, Walsall, WS4 2AE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE MERCIAN TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Nicola Daniel
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 858
- Pupils on roll
- 949
- URN
- 136777
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01922721013
About this school
Queen Mary's High School is a girls' secondary academy in Walsall. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 949 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Queen Mary's High School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 120 | 148 | 146 |
| Attainment 8 score | 74.2 | 72.1 | 73.5 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.74 +0.48 to +1.00 | +0.55 +0.32 to +0.78 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99% | 97.3% | 95.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99% | 99.3% | 98.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 74% | 87.2% | 87% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
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 Mary's High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Walsall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 74.2 | 44.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 72.1 | 44.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 73.5 | 43 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 908 |
| 2023/24 | 937 |
| 2024/25 | 944 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Queen Mary's High School compares
Queen Mary's High School ranked 2nd of 19 secondary schools in Walsall for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 98% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73.5 | 4.9% | 27.6% | 949 | — |
| Walsall Studio School | 26.9 | 18.2% | 45.8% | 206 | 0.6 miles |
| Blue Coat Church of England Academy | 37.4 | 8.8% | 56.1% | 972 | 0.6 miles |
| Queen Mary's Grammar School | 74.2 | 4.7% | 28.8% | 1,399 | 0.9 miles |
| West Walsall E-ACT Academy | 39.9 | 8.4% | 56.8% | 1,186 | 1.5 miles |
| Joseph Leckie Academy | 42.4 | 10.2% | 52.2% | 1,524 | 1.7 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 report17 March 2026
- 12 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.55%
- English as an additional language
- 29.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.88%
- Persistent absence
- 13.16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Walsall Studio School0.6 miles
Secondary · Walsall
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Blue Coat Church of England Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Walsall
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Queen Mary's Grammar School0.9 miles
Secondary · Walsall
-
West Walsall E-ACT Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Walsall
-
Joseph Leckie Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Walsall
Other schools in Walsall
Queen Mary's High School ranks 2nd of the 16 ranked secondary schools in Walsall.
- Aldridge School - A Science College Secondary
- Barr Beacon School Secondary
- Blue Coat Church of England Academy Secondary
- Brownhills Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Cheslyn Hay Academy Secondary
- Great Wyrley Academy Secondary
- Joseph Leckie Academy Secondary
- Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy Secondary
- Queen Mary's Grammar School Secondary
- Shire Oak Academy Secondary
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic College Secondary
- Walsall Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Queen Mary's High School teach?
- Queen Mary's High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Walsall.
- Who is the head teacher of Queen Mary's High School?
- The head teacher of Queen Mary's High School is Mrs Nicola Daniel, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Queen Mary's High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queen Mary's High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Queen Mary's High School?
- Queen Mary's High School has 949 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Queen Mary's High School full?
- Queen Mary's High School has capacity for 858 pupils and 949 on roll (111%), so it is at or above 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 Mary's High School a faith school?
- No. Queen Mary's High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Queen Mary's High School a selective school?
- Yes. Queen Mary's High School is recorded as Selective in the schools register, so entry involves selection.
- Is Queen Mary's High School part of an academy trust?
- Queen Mary's High School is part of THE MERCIAN TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Queen Mary's High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 74.2 in 2022/23 and 73.5 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 Mary's High School compare with other schools in Walsall?
- Queen Mary's High School ranked 2nd of 19 secondary schools in Walsall for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 98% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% 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 Mary's High School's absence rate?
- Queen Mary's High School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Queen Mary's High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queen Mary's High School'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.