The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 14 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
120655
Address
Morton Terrace, DN21 2ST

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1171 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
48.4%
Girls
51.6%
First language not English
6.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.1%
Persistent absence
8.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.9%
Indian 5%
Mixed 4.3%
Other Asian 3.5%
Other White 2.4%
Chinese 2.1%
Pakistani 1.9%
African 1%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other 0.8%
Irish 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.39
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 96%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 82%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 64.6
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.2
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
SociologyAS level16
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE41
BiologyGCSE99
Business Studies:SingleGCSE88
ChemistryGCSE99
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE42
Design & TechnologyGCSE36
English LanguageGCSE180
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
186
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
250
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
14
From another Local Authority
166
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
182
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
89
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes27.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
91
96
Year 8
186
88
98
Year 9
187
81
106
Year 10
179
92
87
Year 11
192
93
99
Year 12
111
61
50
Year 13
129
61
68
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
6.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
76.0%
47.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
13.0%
2.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
89.0%
63.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
55.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
47.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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