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
- Website
- http://www.qehs.lincs.sch.uk
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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sociology | AS level | 16 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 41 |
Biology | GCSE | 99 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 88 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 99 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 42 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 36 |
English Language | GCSE | 180 |
Admissions
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough
- Admission Policy
- Selective
- Total available places
- 186
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 250
- 2nd preference
- 39
- 3rd preference
- 14
- From another Local Authority
- 166
Offers
- 1st preference
- 182
- 2nd preference
- 4
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 89
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 27.9 |
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 |
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% |
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% |