Queen's Croft High School
Birmingham Road, Lichfield, WS13 6PJ
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PRIMITAS LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Letitia Carter & Sam Wood
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Lichfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 200
- Pupils on roll
- 201
- URN
- 146901
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01543227245
About this school
Queen's Croft High School is a special academy in Lichfield. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 201 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 22 February 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 40 | 32 | 36 |
| Attainment 8 score | 2.3 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.60 -2.12 to -1.07 | -1.66 -2.19 to -1.14 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 3% | 0% | 2.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
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's Croft 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 | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2.3 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 1.3 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 4.3 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 16.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 204 |
| 2023/24 | 196 |
| 2024/25 | 197 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.57%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 10.27%
- Persistent absence
- 28.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Beacon Independent School0.4 miles
Special schools · Cannock
-
Saxon Hill Academy0.4 miles
Academies · Lichfield
-
Lichfield Cathedral School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Lichfield
-
The Bridge Academy0.8 miles
Academies · Lichfield
-
Maple Hayes Hall School1.3 miles
Special schools · Lichfield
Other schools in Lichfield
- Maple Hayes Hall School Special schools
- Rocklands School Academies
- Saxon Hill Academy Academies
- Shenstone Lodge School Academies
- The Bridge Academy Academies
- Anna Seward Primary Primary
- Chadsmead Primary Academy Primary
- Charnwood Primary Academy Primary
- Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School Primary
- Five Spires Academy Primary
- Fradley Park Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Greysbrooke Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Queen's Croft High School teach?
- Queen's Croft High School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Lichfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Queen's Croft High School?
- The headteacher of Queen's Croft High School is Letitia Carter & Sam Wood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Queen's Croft High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queen's Croft 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 big is Queen's Croft High School?
- Queen's Croft High School has 201 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Queen's Croft High School full?
- Queen's Croft High School has capacity for 200 pupils and 201 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 Queen's Croft High School a faith school?
- No. Queen's Croft High School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Queen's Croft High School?
- Queen's Croft High School is part of PRIMITAS LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Queen's Croft High School have?
- The schools register lists Queen's Croft High School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Queen's Croft High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 2.3 in 2022/23 and 4.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Queen's Croft High School's absence rate?
- Queen's Croft High School's overall absence rate is 10.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Queen's Croft High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queen's Croft 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 10 July 2026.