Queensbury Academy
About the school
Queensbury Academy is an open secondary school in Central Bedfordshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 22 October 2024
- Published
- 12 January 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 40
- Central Bedfordshire
- 43.6
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Central Bedfordshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 33.50%
- Central Bedfordshire
- 41.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 56.30%
- Central Bedfordshire
- 65.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 28.20%
- Central Bedfordshire
- 28.00%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.37
- Central Bedfordshire
- 3.75
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C
Average A-level points
- School
- 28.93
AAB or better
- School
- 3.50%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1154
Girls
49.31%
Boys
50.69%
SEN support
11.18%
Education, health and care plan
3.03%
English as an additional language
21.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
14.57%
Overall absence
8.69
Persistent absence
23.73
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
207
Sustained education or employment
98%
Education
95%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
Less than 0.5%
Not sustained
1%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
79
Sustained education or employment
90%
Higher education
58%
Further education
3%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
24%