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The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Community school
Morton Terrace, Gainsborough DN21 2ST · qehs.lincs.sch.uk · 01427 612354
On the mapSearch near DN21 2ST
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 62.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Lincolnshire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,139
- 89% of 1,286 places
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Selective
- Free school meals
- 12.4%
- First language not English
- 6.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 222 families put the school first and 188 places were offered; 82% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 188 | 222 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 186 | 217 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 186 | 250 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 186 | 220 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 185 | 257 | 1.4▲ | 72% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 62.5, and 79.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lincolnshire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (34.2 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲62.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲79.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲93.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲97.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲6.06 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 52.9 | −19.6 |
| Sixth form college | 29.3 | +13.9 |
| Further education | 8.4 | +1.3 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −2.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.7 | +3.2 |
| Employment | 0.5 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 1.6 | +1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 3.1 | +2.6 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 104 students | C+ (34.2) | Below average -0.38 | |
| 104 students | C+ (34.6) | Below average -0.36 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 132 | B- (35.8) | 0.00 |
| 2022/23 | 155 | B- (37.7) | — |
| 2021/22 | 144 | B- (37.9) | — |
| 2018/19 | 143 | B- (35) | +0.02 |
| 2017/18 | 159 | C+ (34.2) | +0.01 |
| 2016/17 | 174 | C (30.1) | -0.31 |
| 2015/16 | 161 | C+ (32.7) | -0.08 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 62.9 | −17.8 |
| Further and other education | 3 | +0.9 |
| Further education | 1.5 | +0.8 |
| Other education | 1.5 | +0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.8 | +4.7 |
| Employment | 19.7 | +10.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.5 | +0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 3 | +0.9 |
Ofsted
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Dec 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding Feb 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (326 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 326
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 42 parents (13%) with SEND