Queens' School
Aldenham Road, Bushey, WD23 2TY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- QUEENS' SCHOOL (BUSHEY)
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Morrell
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Watford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,701
- Pupils on roll
- 1,697
- URN
- 136877
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01923224465
About this school
Queens' School is a secondary academy in Bushey. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,697 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 264 | 266 | 267 |
| Attainment 8 score | 55.6 | 53.5 | 57.5 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.18 +0.01 to +0.36 | +0.20 +0.02 to +0.37 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65% | 62.8% | 67.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86% | 80.5% | 83.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 41% | 51.1% | 83.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
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 Queens' 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 | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55.6 | 44.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 53.5 | 44.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 57.5 | 44.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,690 |
| 2023/24 | 1,682 |
| 2024/25 | 1,660 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Queens' School compares
Queens' School ranked 23rd of 78 secondary schools in Hertfordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 91% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57.5 | 5.6% | 11.4% | 1,697 | — |
| The Grange Academy | 41.3 | 10.2% | 31.6% | 928 | 0.8 miles |
| Bushey Meads School | 43.6 | 13.1% | 23% | 1,200 | 1.1 miles |
| Watford Grammar School for Girls | 68.2 | 6.7% | 7.2% | 1,427 | 1.3 miles |
| Watford Grammar School for Boys | 68.9 | 7.1% | 7.3% | 1,590 | 2.0 miles |
| Westfield Academy | 41.4 | 10.4% | 27.8% | 1,331 | 2.2 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.41%
- English as an additional language
- 17.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.56%
- Persistent absence
- 12.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Grange Academy0.8 miles
Secondary · Bushey
-
Bushey Meads School1.1 miles
Secondary · Bushey
-
Watford Grammar School for Girls1.3 miles
Secondary · Watford
-
Watford Grammar School for Boys2.0 miles
Secondary · Watford
-
Westfield Academy2.2 miles
Secondary · Watford
Other schools in Bushey
- Bushey Meads School Secondary
- The Grange Academy Secondary
- Ashfield Junior School Primary
- Bournehall Primary School Primary
- Bushey and Oxhey Infant School Primary
- Bushey Heath Primary School Primary
- Bushey Manor Junior School Primary
- Hartsbourne Primary School Primary
- Highwood Primary School Primary
- Little Reddings Primary School Primary
- Merry Hill Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Queens' School teach?
- Queens' School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Bushey.
- Who is the headteacher of Queens' School?
- The headteacher of Queens' School is Mr Jonathan Morrell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Queens' School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queens' 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 big is Queens' School?
- Queens' School has 1,697 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Queens' School full?
- Queens' School has capacity for 1,701 pupils and 1,697 on roll (100%), 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 Queens' School a faith school?
- No. Queens' School has no designated religious character.
- Is Queens' School a selective school?
- No. Queens' School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Queens' School?
- Queens' School is part of QUEENS' SCHOOL (BUSHEY). Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Queens' School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 55.6 in 2022/23 and 57.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Queens' School rank locally?
- Queens' School ranked 23rd of 78 secondary schools in Hertfordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 91% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Queens' School's absence rate?
- Queens' School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Queens' School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queens' 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 1 July 2026.