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Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 87 87.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL A+ A+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
87.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
100% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
96.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.22 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 85.6[6] 99%[6]
2023/24 86.6[4] 100%[4] +1.22[4]
2022/23 85.5[7] 100%[7] +1.00[7]
2021/22 86.3[8] 99%[8] +0.94[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
A+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
83.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 A+[10] 78%[10]
2022/23 A+[11] 85.5%[11]
2021/22 A*-[12] 85.6%[12]
2018/19 A[13] 78.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
97% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
0% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 99%[15] 97%[15] 2%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 100%[16] 97%[16] 3%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 100%[17] 96%[17] 2%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 96%[18] 3%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
90% 2022/23[19]
Education
91% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
3% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 84%[20] 84%[20] 0%[20] 6%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 85%[21] 86%[21] 0%[21] 7%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 87%[22] 88%[22] 1%[22] 3%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 83%[23] 87%[23] 1%[23] 4%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
95% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
88% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
88% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
24% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 95%[26] 92%[26]
2019/20 95%[25] 94%[25] 88%[25] 24%[25]
2018/19 97%[27] 94%[27] 86%[27] 18%[27]
2017/18 99%[28] 93%[28] 89%[28] 15%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
17 May 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
5 Jul 2022[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
763 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
432 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
192 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 791[30] 462[30] 191[30] 4.1[30] 2.4[30]
Entry Sept 2024 824[30] 476[30] 190[30] 4.3[30] 2.5[30]
Entry Sept 2023 975[30] 525[30] 190[30] 5.1[30] 2.8[30]
Entry Sept 2022 1026[30] 557[30] 188[30] 5.5[30] 3.0[30]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
180 2026-10-14[31]
Entrance test
two multiple-choice format papers in English and Mathematics 2026-10-14[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL BARNET[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
www.qebarnet.co.uk[1]
District
Barnet[32]
Postcode
EN5 4DQ[1]
URN
136290[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1314 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
30.3% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
1.1% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.5% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
4.2% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
5%[34]
Mixed
4.7%[34]
Asian
86.9%[34]
Black
1.7%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.2%[34]
Unclassified
0.5%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  31. qebarnet.co.uk: qebarnet.co.uk — Secondary transfer entrance test faqs. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The School's Published Admission Number (PAN) is 180. (p. 1)
    Our entrance test consists of two multiple-choice format papers in English and Mathematics sat in a single session. (p. 1)
  32. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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