Students in Year 10

Students will follow their personal Learning Package that has three parts: (1) Specialist Pathway; (2) Core GCSEs; (3) Extra Options.

With their Specialist Pathway,  a student will typically spend 2 half days each week taught by a team of expert teachers who will be joined by professionals from that sector quite a lot of the time.

The technical qualification at the heart of each of these ‘Level 2’ Specialist Pathways will be delivered through formal teaching as well as practical project work with real outcomes.

Each Specialist Pathway will also include additional qualifications and skills so that, as students experience real-life work scenarios, they can learn how businesses work.

With Core GCSEs, our students will all study the core curriculum of Maths, English Language & Literature plus Science as a ‘double award’.

With Extra Options, students will study to add up to 3 more GCSEs to their curriculum.

For more details on applications and Learning Packages, click here.  For details on each Specialist Pathway, see the links at the top of the screen.  For details on additional skills and qualifications, click here.

Students in Sixth Form

Students will follow their personal Learning Package that has two main parts: (1) Specialist Pathway; (2) A-Level Options.

Students will study the Specialist Pathway at the higher ‘Level 3’ and so with more time devoted to it.  They will have at least one full day each week on it, as well as additional part days.

There is enough time devoted to the specialism to allow students to achieve additional professional qualifications that are desirable to employers, for example Health and Safety in the workplace or Safeguarding.

The development of the skills and aptitudes needed for employment or successful further study are based on a skills framework called CREATE.  For more details on these extra skills, click here.

With A-level Options, students will study to add up to 2 more subjects to their curriculum.

For more details on applications and Learning Packages for Sixth Formers, click here.  For details on each Specialist Pathway, see the links at the top of the screen.  

Yes!

KS4 students will have a completely open choice at the end of year 11: A levels in the QES sixth form or another sixth form, continue into QEStudio Sixth Form, go to college, start an apprenticeship or enter the work place.

Post-16 students will be able to access advanced apprenticeships, employment or further or higher education.  Our students will have the combination of Technical qualifications and A levels that many of our universities already like.  Universities are very interested in what we are doing because many of them are developing degree apprenticeships to respond to the need to produce employable graduates.  Lancaster University are working with us on this.

Universities are used to these alternative qualifications and they qualify for the following UCAS Tariff points in applications.

QEStudio offers an integrated and inclusive approach to education, combining strong academic foundations with cutting-edge technical, vocational and industry-led learning for 14-18 year-olds in the Lune Valley.  As part of the QE Family of Schools, QEStudio operates as a “school within a school”, seamlessly fully integrated with Queen Elizabeth School (QES).  Together, we deliver a coherent and complementary curriculum in which each school leads from its area of expertise, creating a genuinely balanced model of academic excellence and vocational specialism.  Two schools, one QE family.

99% of students in QEStudio KS4 have progressed via their option choices from QES KS3.  There are very few “externally admitted students” in QEStudio as per our admissions policy and where there are, this is through in-year admission from external schools rather than direct admission at the start of Year 10.

The programmes offered by QEStudio are unique within our catchment area. Delivering them on site at QES ensures the full range of existing transport links remain accessible to our students. We expect existing transport provision will ensure that these unique programmes are accessible to pupils from every part of our wider community.

As a QEStudio student you will need to make an application for a bus pass before you start. Please see contact numbers below.

Cumbria: 01228 226044

Lancashire: 01772 534588

Yorkshire: 01609 534954 or 536203