Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 23 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
136315
Address
Station Road, LN13 9HY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
533 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
46.9%
Girls
53.1%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.9%
Persistent absence
11.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.2%
Mixed 6%
Other White 2.3%
Indian 1.7%
African 1.1%
Other Asian 0.9%
Pakistani 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 94%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 72%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60.4
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.62
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE51
Business Studies:SingleGCSE70
ChemistryGCSE51
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE72
English LiteratureGCSE71
FrenchGCSE25
GeographyGCSE36
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
85
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
105
2nd preference
62
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
30
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
80
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
89
39
50
Year 8
90
31
59
Year 9
92
44
48
Year 10
93
48
45
Year 11
72
40
32
Year 12
57
30
27
Year 13
40
18
22
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
19.0%
40.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
57.0%
40.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
7.0%
3.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
71.0%
59.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
18.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
1.9%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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