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Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet

Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Queen's Road, Barnet EN5 4DQ · qebarnet.co.uk · 020 8441 4646

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Overview

Ofsted
Report card
Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
GCSEs, 2024/25
85.6
average Attainment 8 score. Barnet 56.7, England 46
Demand for places
2.3
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,321
121 over 1,200 places · 110%
Local authority
Barnet
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Selective
Free school meals
3.3%
First language not English
26.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Queen Elizabeth's School Barnet

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 432 families put the school first and 192 places were offered; 44% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 557 (Places 188)557September 2023: 525 (Places 190)525September 2024: 476 (Places 190)476September 2025: 462 (Places 191)462September 2026: 432 (Places 192)432Places 192
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261924322.3▲44%
September 2025Sept 20251914622.4▲40%
September 2024Sept 20241904762.5▲39%
September 2023Sept 20231905252.8▲36%
September 2022Sept 20221885573▲33%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 85.6, and 99% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Barnet it was 56.7, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade A+ (52.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 82.4 (England 46.3)82.42017/18: 84.8 (England 46.5)84.82018/19: 84.6 (England 46.7)84.62021/22: 86.3 (England 48.8)86.32022/23: 85.5 (England 46.3)85.52023/24: 86.6 (England 45.9)86.62024/25: 85.6 (England 46.0)85.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲85.646.0
▲99.0%45.4%
▲99.5%64.8%
▲99.5%40.5%
▲8.554.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form97.9+1
Sixth form college1.1−1
Activity not captured1.1+0.6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 50.3 (England 30.5)A2016/17: 48.9 (England 31.1)A2017/18: 50.3 (England 32.1)A2018/19: 51.3 (England 32.9)A2021/22: 55.8 (England 37.9)A*-2022/23: 53.3 (England 34.2)A+2023/24: 52.4 (England 34.4)A+2024/25: 52.7 (England 35.0)A+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
174 studentsA+ (52.7)Above average +0.24
174 studentsA+ (52.7)Above average +0.23
20 studentsDist*- (43.5)Average +0.09
83.8%AAB or better
99.4%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24173A+ (52.4)+0.26
2022/23166A+ (53.3)—
2021/22167A*- (55.8)—
2018/19157A (51.3)+0.23
2017/18153A (50.3)+0.25
2016/17146A (48.9)+0.04
2015/16149A (50.3)+0.24

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University90.8+7
Other education1.1—
Apprenticeship0.6—
Employment1.2−4.8
Not in a lasting destination1.7−1.9
Activity not captured4.6−2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet on 21 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.

Inspected
21 Apr 2026
Report card
Safeguarding
Met

Inspection reports

Graded areas

InclusionExceptional
Curriculum and teachingExceptional
AchievementExceptional
Attendance and behaviourExceptional
Personal development and well-beingExceptional
Post-16 provisionExceptional
Leadership and governanceExceptional

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • May 2022Outstanding
    Quality of educationOutstanding
    Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
    Personal developmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Sixth formOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2008Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
73%
Replies
11
1% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▼73% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▲91% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved▲90% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▼73% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▲91% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▼73% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼66% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 82% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼0% agreeEngland 43%

based on 2 parents (18%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲67% agreeEngland 63%

based on 3 parents (27%) with SEND

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