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
529 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
45.6%
Girls
54.4%
First language not English
1.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.7%
Persistent absence
21.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.3%
Mixed 4.2%
Indian 1.9%
Other White 1.7%
Other Asian 1.1%
African 1.1%
Other 0.8%
Pakistani 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 93%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 68%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60.2
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.61
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE23
BiologyGCSE58
Business Studies:SingleGCSE80
ChemistryGCSE58
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE32
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE81
English LiteratureGCSE81
FrenchGCSE28
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
75
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
89
2nd preference
75
3rd preference
25
From another Local Authority
46
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
62
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
26
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 classes17.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
85
29
56
Year 8
91
44
47
Year 9
94
49
45
Year 10
73
41
32
Year 11
93
36
57
Year 12
41
18
23
Year 13
52
24
28
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
10.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
65.0%
47.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
2.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
6.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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
86.0%
63.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
41.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
38.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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