Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 5 2024 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
138665
Address
West Street, LN9 5AD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
817 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
47.1%
Girls
52.9%
First language not English
5.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.1%
Persistent absence
17.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.3%
Indian 4.7%
Other White 3.5%
Other Asian 3.5%
Mixed 3.4%
Unclassified 1.8%
African 1.6%
Chinese 1.1%
Other 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.49
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 79%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 90%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 66.6
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.33
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE23
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE76
Business Studies:SingleGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE76
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE122
English LiteratureGCSE122
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
119
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
133
2nd preference
73
3rd preference
22
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
114
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes19.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
121
58
63
Year 8
121
60
61
Year 9
120
62
58
Year 10
123
60
63
Year 11
124
60
64
Year 12
98
45
53
Year 13
110
40
70
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
11.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
86.0%
47.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
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
88.0%
63.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
33.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
29.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
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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