Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College is an academy 16-19 converter in Darlington for boys and girls aged 16 to 19.
Vane Terrace, Darlington, DL3 7AU01325 461315qeliz.nalp.org.ukMr Laurence Job headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
1,017 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,017 | 1,068 | 1,006 | 961 |
| Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry | 35.40 | 35.23 | 35.53 | 37.96 |
| Average A level grade | B- | B- | B- | B- |
| Best three A levelsBest 3 A levels APS | 37.81 | – | – | – |
| AAB or better in subjects universities likeAAB+ in two facilitating subjects | 14% | – | – | – |
| A level progressA level value added | -0.01 | +0.11 | – | – |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 32.21 | 31.11 | 29.05 | 33.76 |
| Stayed and finishedRetained and assessed | 85% | – | – | – |
A level subjects
28 A level subjects had results in 2025. Each figure is the share of students who got an A* to B, next to the average for state sixth forms in England. When only a handful of students take a subject, its figures jump around from year to year.
Strongest A levels
Every A level subject against England, 2025
A levels only. BTECs, T levels and other courses are in the table above. Subjects with fewer than five students aren't published.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Darlington council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 867 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 68% went on to degree-level study or training and 12% to a top-third university.
Money
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Dent Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 380 m | 97 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 510 m | 224 | Good 2024 | 77 | Compare |
| Abbey Junior School | Academy | 710 m | 362 | Good 2023 | 76 | Compare |
| Reid Street Primary School | Academy | 800 m | 364 | Good 2022 | 36 | Compare |
| Abbey Infants' School | Academy | 810 m | 264 | Good 2022 | 66 | Compare |
| Polam Hall School | Free school | 820 m | 842 | Report card 2025 | 37 | Compare |
| Corporation Road Community Primary School | Academy | 910 m | 282 | Good 2023 | 63 | Compare |
| Borough Road Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 0.7 miles | 109 | Good 2020 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College yet.
How many pupils does Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Vane Terrace, Darlington, DL3 7AU
- Telephone
- 01325 461315
- Website
- qeliz.nalp.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Laurence Job
- Type of school
- Academy 16-19 converter (Academy 16-19 converter, academies)
- Phase
- Sixth form / post-16, ages 16-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Northern Arch Learning Partnership (6 schools)
- Local authority
- Darlington
- Ward
- College
- Constituency
- Darlington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2024 (academy converter)
- URN
- 150514 · LAESTAB 8418600 · UKPRN 10094319
- Formerly
- Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- A level subjects: DfE A level and other 16 to 18 results, subject entries and grades, 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.