Queen Ethelburga's Prep School
Queen Ethelburga's Prep School is an independent school in York for boys and girls aged 0 to 15. It has 421 pupils and room for 650.
Thorpe Underwood Hall, Thorpe Underwood Estate, Thorpe Underwood, York, YO26 9SS01423 333333qe.orgMr Daniel Machin headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
48 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 48 | 74 | 62 | 60 | 61 | 44 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 38.8 | 57.5 | 64.3 | 53.0 | 55.7 | 57.0 | 47.1 | 46.8 |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 0% | 26% | 85% | 35% | 90% | 93% | 48% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 0% | 28% | 92% | 37% | 95% | 100% | 68% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 2.47 | 5.25 | 5.64 | 3.75 | 5.27 | 4.92 | 4.17 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | 0% | 21% | 17% | 7% | 5% | 37% | 41% |
Subjects
Results came out for 10 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.
Strongest subjects
The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.
Every subject against England, 2025
| Subject | Entries | Grades 9 to 7 | Grades 9 to 5 | Grades 9 to 4 | England 9 to 5 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 51 | 77% | 98% | 100% | 53% | – |
| Business | 32 | 63% | 100% | 100% | 51% | – |
| Art and Design | 22 | 73% | 100% | 100% | 58% | – |
| Statistics | 20 | 90% | 100% | 100% | 51% | – |
| Economics | 20 | 55% | 90% | 95% | 70% | – |
| Other Modern Languages | 19 | 74% | 74% | 74% | 49% | – |
| Computer Science | 15 | 53% | 100% | 100% | 56% | – |
| Geography | 14 | 93% | 100% | 100% | 51% | – |
| Social Studies | 9 | 67% | 100% | 100% | 54% | – |
| History | 8 | 63% | 100% | 100% | 52% | – |
In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.
A level and sixth-form results, 2024
232 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 232 | 202 | 223 | 339 | 337 | 278 |
| Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry | 49.49 | 48.85 | 50.09 | 51.57 | 50.20 | 46.35 |
| Average A level grade | A | A | A | A | A | A- |
| Best three A levelsBest 3 A levels APS | 50.71 | 46.61 | 46.62 | 53.33 | 49.39 | 48.74 |
| AAB or better in subjects universities likeAAB+ in two facilitating subjects | 79% | 64% | 49% | 86% | 77% | 73% |
| A level progressA level value added | +0.28 | – | – | +0.32 | +0.61 | +0.66 |
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. Every gap at this school is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Grammar school. This is a grammar school, so places depend on an entrance test.
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 North Yorkshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 421 | 828 | 888 | 844 | 825 | 856 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 7% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 6% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 74 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 74% | 75% | 75% |
| Education | 69% | 69% | 72% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 4% | 0% |
| Work | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Not in education, work or training | 0% | 3% | 2% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Ethelburga's College | Independent (grammar) | 0 m | 736 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Green Hammerton Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 1.6 miles | 101 | No overall grade 2025 | 15 | Compare |
| Great Ouseburn Primary School | Academy | 1.8 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Kirk Hammerton Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 2.3 miles | 58 | Good 2023 | 50 | Compare |
| Linton-on-Ouse Primary School | Council | 2.6 miles | 64 | Good 2019 | 83 | Compare |
| Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School | Foundation | 2.8 miles | 40 | Report card 2026 | 56 | Compare |
| Marton-Cum-Grafton Church of England Primary School | Academy | 3.5 miles | 100 | No overall grade 2025 | 83 | Compare |
| Outwood Primary Academy Alne | Academy | 4.2 miles | 105 | Outstanding 2024 | 99 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Queen Ethelburga's Prep School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Queen Ethelburga's Prep School yet.
How good are Queen Ethelburga's Prep School's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 0% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 38.8, against 46.8 for England.
How many pupils does Queen Ethelburga's Prep School have?
421 pupils aged 0 to 15 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 650 places, so it is 65% full.
Does Queen Ethelburga's Prep School have an entrance exam?
Yes. It is a grammar school, so places depend on an entrance test, usually sat in September of Year 6. Check the school's admissions page for the test dates and the pass mark.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Thorpe Underwood Hall, Thorpe Underwood Estate, Thorpe Underwood, York, YO26 9SS
- Telephone
- 01423 333333
- Website
- www.qe.org
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Machin
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 0-15, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Ward
- Ouseburn
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1912
- URN
- 121743 · LAESTAB 8156014 · UKPRN 10005336
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- 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.