Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
18.5 miles
Published by Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith is a secondary school in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 18.5 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 18.5 miles away, longest of 5 Westmorland and Furness secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 10.50 miles).
- 2024/25: 88% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
- Year 7 2026: 175 first-choice applications for 158 offers; 158 offers went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 2026, 87 of the 227 applications (38%) came from families living outside Westmorland and Furness; 61 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Westmorland and Furness schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ullswater Road, Penrith, CA11 7EG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 1,026 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including students in the sixth form, are happy to attend school each day.”
- “This is reflected in their high rates of attendance.”
- “Pupils explained to inspectors that they value the trusting and respectful relationships they have with staff.”
To improve
- “That said, some subject leaders are better equipped than others to support staff to deliver subject curriculums well.”
- “This means that, in some subjects, including in the sixth form, some staff do not receive sufficient support to teach some aspects of curriculums with confidence.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 88% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 64.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 175 first-preference applications, 158 offers in total, 158 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Westmorland and Furness.
- Ullswater Community College 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Appleby Grammar School 11.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Samuel King's School 16.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Lakes School 19.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kirkby Stephen Grammar School 20.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Queen Katherine School 22.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kirkbie Kendal School 23.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- John Ruskin School 23.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published