Queen Elizabeth’s Sixth Form is a thriving and well respected Sixth Form of around 200 students with a traditional ethos of student support and an excellent academic reputation. Students make outstanding progress in our Sixth Form.
QE Sixth Form is a diverse educational setting, attracting students from our own school, from Exeter and from across Devon who are attracted by the range of academic courses that we offer.
Our results compare very favourably to national figures. We are particularly proud of our progress scores, which place us among the very best Sixth Forms in the South West.
Academic Years 2019-20 and 2020-21 used teacher assessed grades due to the pandemic and have not been included in the tables below.
In addition, due to the uneven impact of the pandemic on 2021/22 school and college performance data the Department for Education recommend:
Sixth Form performance data:
2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2021-22 | |
The progress students have made compared with students across England | +0.33 | +0.14 (calculated using new measures) |
+0.37 |
+0.24 |
+0.29 |
+0.27 |
The average grade that students in QE get at 16 to 19 study | C+ | C | C+ | C+ | C+ | C |
Student ‘retention’ (the percentage of students who get to the end of their study programme) | 97.7% (England average 95.3%) |
97.6% (England average 92.4%) |
95.3% (England average 91.2%) |
95.3% (England average 91.3%) |
Queen Elizabeth's School - A Level Results by Subject 2022 | |||||
Number of Entries | A*/A | A*/B | A*/C | Pass | |
Art | 4 | 0% | 75% | 100% | 100% |
Biology | 19 | 26.32% | 52.63% | 68.42% | 100% |
Business Studies | 18 | 44.44% | 83.33% | 100% | 100% |
Chemistry | 13 | 23.08% | 30.77% | 53.85% | 100% |
English Literature | 7 | 42.86% | 85.71% | 100% | 100% |
Further Mathematics | 1 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Geography | 18 | 27.78% | 88.89% | 88.89% | 100% |
History | 11 | 9.09% | 72.73% | 100% | 100% |
Law | 9 | 66.67% | 88.89% | 88.89% | 100% |
Mathematics | 10 | 30% | 50% | 60% | 100% |
PE | 8 | 25% | 50% | 100% | 100% |
Photography | 4 | 50% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Physics | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 66.67% |
Product Design | 5 | 40% | 80% | 100% | 100% |
Psychology | 30 | 13.33% | 33.33% | 73.33% | 100% |
RE/Philosophy | 13 | 23.08% | 61.54% | 92.31% | 100% |
Sociology | 19 | 42.11% | 84.21% | 94.74% | 100% |
Theatre Studies | 3 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Extended Project | 30 | 36.67% | 46.67% | 60% | 99.67% |
18% | 68% | 83% | 98% |
Queen Elizabeth's School - A Level Results by Subject 2019 | |||||
Number of Entries | A*/A | A*/B | A*/C | Pass | |
Art & Design Photography | 5 | 20% | 60% | 100% | 100% |
Biology | 19 | 10.5% | 31.6% | 63.2% | 100% |
Business Studies | 4 | 0% | 75% | 100% | 100% |
Chemistry | 9 | 22.2% | 33.3% | 100% | 100% |
English Language | 6 | 0% | 33.3% | 100% | 100% |
English Literature | 11 | 36.4% | 54.5% | 72.7% | 100% |
French | 1 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Further Mathematics | 1 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Geography | 24 | 29.2% | 58.3% | 70.83% | 92.3% |
History | 13 | 15.4% | 38.5% | 46.15% | 100% |
Law | 7 | 71.4% | 85.7% | 100% | 100% |
Mathematics | 12 | 8.3% | 33.3% | 50% | 100% |
Music | 3 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% |
Photography | 5 | 0% | 20% | 80% | 80% |
Physics | 10 | 10% | 10% | 30% | 100% |
Politics | 4 | 0% | 50% | 100% | 100% |
Product Design | 6 | 0% | 66.7% | 100% | 100% |
Psychology | 25 | 4% | 28% | 60% | 100% |
RE/Philosophy | 3 | 66.7% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Sociology | 13 | 46.1% | 76.9% | 92.3% | 100% |
Drama & Theatre | 4 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Extended Project | 18 | 72.2% | 94.4% | 100% | 100% |
32% | 57% | 83% | 99% |
Queen Elizabeth's School - A Level Results by Subject 2018 | |||||
Number of Entries | A*/A | A*/B | A*/C | Pass | |
Art & Design Photography | 4 | 25% | 25% | 75% | 100% |
Biology | 25 | 28% | 44% | 68% | 100% |
Business Studies | 15 | 13.3% | 46.7% | 73.3% | 100% |
Chemistry | 12 | 8.3% | 16.7% | 41.7% | 100% |
D&T Product Design | 2 | 0% | 50% | 100% | 100% |
Dance | 3 | 66.7% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Drama | 9 | 55.6% | 77.8% | 100% | 100% |
English Language | 13 | 15.4% | 46.2% | 69.2% | 100% |
English Literature | 21 | 19% | 52.4% | 85.7% | 95.2% |
Fine Art | 6 | 50% | 50% | 93.3% | 100% |
French | 2 | 0% | 50% | 100% | 100% |
Further Mathematics | 20 | 35% | 60% | 70% | 90% |
Geography | 33 | 45.5% | 69.7% | 93.9% | 100% |
German | 5 | 0% | 20% | 40% | 100% |
History | 16 | 12.5% | 56.3% | 87.5% | 100% |
Law | 12 | 41.7% | 91.7% | 100% | 100% |
Mathematics | 44 | 40.9% | 63.6% | 72.7% | 93.2% |
Physics | 9 | 0% | 11.1% | 55.6% | 100% |
Politics | 11 | 9.1% | 63.6% | 90.9% | 100% |
Psychology | 31 | 12.9% | 25.8% | 61.3% | 90.3% |
Religious Studies | 7 | 28.6% | 28.6% | 85.7% | 100% |
Sociology | 18 | 27.8% | 55.6% | 83.3% | 100% |
Sport/PE Studies | 12 | 16.7% | 58.3% | 83.3% | 100% |
24% | 50.57% | 79.15% | 98% |
Queen Elizabeth's School - A Level Results by Subject 2017 | |||||
Number of Entries | A*/A | A*/B | A*/C | Pass | |
Art | 7 | 43% | 71% | 86% | 100% |
Biology | 22 | 14% | 50% | 77% | 100% |
Business Studies | 8 | 25% | 50% | 100% | 100% |
Chemistry | 9 | 22% | 67% | 89% | 100% |
Dance | 6 | 33% | 83% | 83% | 100% |
Drama | 9 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
English Language | 14 | 43% | 64% | 86% | 100% |
English Literature | 12 | 33% | 58% | 92% | 100% |
French | 5 | 0% | 80% | 80% | 100% |
Further Mathematics | 7 | 14% | 29% | 57% | 100% |
Geography | 30 | 70% | 87% | 97% | 100% |
History | 10 | 30% | 60% | 80% | 100% |
Law | 14 | 93% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Mathematics | 23 | 39% | 65% | 78% | 100% |
Media Studies | 3 | 33% | 67% | 67% | 100% |
Music | 2 | 0% | 50% | 50% | 100% |
Photography | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Physical Education | 2 | 50% | 50% | 50% | 100% |
Physics | 6 | 33% | 67% | 67% | 100% |
Politics | 9 | 22% | 67% | 78% | 100% |
Psychology | 18 | 44% | 56% | 78% | 100% |
Religious Studies | 10 | 20% | 60% | 80% | 100% |
Sociology | 11 | 55% | 73% | 91% | 100% |
35% | 63% | 77% | 100% |
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