The Queen Elizabeth Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Atherstone, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.974 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Queen Elizabeth Academy is a secondary school in Atherstone, Warwickshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 June 2022. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
The Queen Elizabeth Academy 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 | 4.974 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2017 | 🔒 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 4.974 miles away, the 13th longest of 32 Warwickshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was further than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 Year 7 had 148 first-choice applications for 153 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 43.9 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Witherley Road, Atherstone, CV9 1LZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 746 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy school and know that leaders and staff have the highest expectations for them.”
- “‘We can and we will’ is heard and seen frequently in the school.”
- “Pupils work hard to understand what they are learning.”
To improve
- “However, at times, the rapid pace and high challenge of the lessons mean that some pupils, including some pupils with SEND, struggle to keep up.”
- “They do not complete the planned activities and do not feel they are making enough progress.”
- “Pupils are sometimes less confident about speaking.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.9 | 46 |
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: 148 first-preference applications, 153 offers in total, 148 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 Warwickshire.
- Hartshill Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Higham Lane North Academy 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nuneaton Academy 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Higham Lane School 4.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Polesworth School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Etone College 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- George Eliot Academy 5.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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