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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Station Road, Alford LN13 9HY · qegs.co.uk · 01507 462403

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Overview

Ofsted
Report card
May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
GCSEs, 2024/25
60.5
average Attainment 8 score. Lincolnshire 45.1, England 46
Demand for places
1.3
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
565
90% of 628 places
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Selective
Free school meals
16.3%
First language not English
2.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford - A Selective Academy Limited

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 86 families put the school first and 68 places were offered; 71% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 91 (Places 78)91September 2023: 90 (Places 70)90September 2024: 89 (Places 75)89September 2025: 105 (Places 85)105September 2026: 86 (Places 68)86Places 68
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202668861.3▲71%
September 2025Sept 2025851051.2▲76%
September 2024Sept 202475891.2▲70%
September 2023Sept 202370901.3▲72%
September 2022Sept 202278911.2▲77%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 60.5, and 72.2% 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 B- (35.9 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: 66.9 (England 46.3)66.92017/18: 66.3 (England 46.5)66.32018/19: 64.9 (England 46.7)64.92021/22: 59.4 (England 48.8)59.42022/23: 60.2 (England 46.3)60.22023/24: 59.1 (England 45.9)59.12024/25: 60.5 (England 46.0)60.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲60.546.0
▲72.2%45.4%
▲95.8%64.8%
▲94.4%40.5%
▲5.624.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form57−3.7
Sixth form college18.3−0.8
Further education21.5+9.1
Apprenticeship1.1−2.3
Not in a lasting destination1.10
Activity not captured1.10

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: 37.2 (England 30.5)B-2016/17: 36.8 (England 31.1)B-2017/18: 38.6 (England 32.1)B2018/19: 38.0 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 38.1 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 36.0 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 36.7 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 35.9 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
41 studentsB- (35.9)Average -0.09
41 studentsB- (35.9)Average -0.09
6 studentsDist+ (37.5)Average +0.20
20%AAB or better
88.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2452B- (36.7)+0.23
2022/2345B- (36)—
2021/2256B- (38.1)—
2018/1972B- (38)-0.11
2017/1857B (38.6)-0.09
2016/1774B- (36.8)-0.01
2015/1678B- (37.2)+0.09

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University63.5−4.4
Apprenticeship7.7+0.6
Employment19.2+1.3
Not in a lasting destination3.8+0.2
Activity not captured5.8+2.2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy on 6 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.

Inspected
6 May 2026
Report card
Safeguarding
Met

Inspection reports

Graded areas

InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2021Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (106 replies, to 5 September 2022).

Recommend
90%
Replies
106
20% · 5 Sept 2022
Child is happy at school▲94% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲99% agreeEngland 91%
Pupils are well behaved▲96% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲98% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▲94% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn●81% agreeEngland 80%
Told how child is doing▲91% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●88% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲98% agreeEngland 88%
Supports personal development▲84% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲82% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 66% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲57% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 21% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲93% agreeEngland 67%

based on 15 parents (14%) with SEND

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