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Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet

Secondary · Barnet · EN5 4DQ

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Exceptional

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: ExceptionalAchievement: ExceptionalAttendance & behaviour: ExceptionalPersonal development: ExceptionalInclusion: ExceptionalLeadership & governance: ExceptionalEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Exceptional

Inspected 21 April 2026 · report published 27 September 2026

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At a glance

1,321 pupils · 110% of 1,200 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Selective
Free school meals
3.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
30.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.qebarnet.co.uk
URN
136290

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 432 families named it first for 192 Year 7 places, 2.25 first choices per place. We hold 11 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 21 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Exceptional. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

2.25 first-choice applications per place

192 places offered · 432 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places for 2025 entry were decided by test scores, not distance.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Places for 2025 entry were decided by test scores, not distance.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

193 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
85.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
99.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
99%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
8.6
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) A+
52.7
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school85.6
Median of its 12 closest peers75.5
Barnet average58.2
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Aylesbury Grammar SchoolAylesbury · 27 miles awayOutstanding74.5
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar SchoolSlough · 19 miles awayOutstanding77.3
Aylesbury High SchoolAylesbury · 27 miles awayOutstanding74.3
Lawrence Sheriff SchoolRugby · 66 miles awayStrong standard75.1
Beaconsfield High SchoolBeaconsfield · 19 miles awayOutstanding75.9
Colchester County High School for GirlsColchester · 49 miles awayOutstanding80.6
Dr Challoner's High SchoolAmersham · 15 miles awayOutstanding79.1
Wallington County Grammar SchoolWallington · 20 miles awayOutstanding77.7
Maidstone Grammar SchoolMaidstone · 42 miles awayGood (2019)68.4
Tiffin SchoolKingston upon Thames · 17 miles awayGood79.1
Wilmington Grammar School for GirlsDartford · 23 miles awayGood66.7
John Hampden Grammar SchoolHigh Wycombe · 24 miles awayOutstanding72.3

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 58% (Barnet 8%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 12% (Barnet 4%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 8% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Barnet 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Barnet 20%, England 7%) · White British 2% (Barnet 23%, England 59%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Barnet 7%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Barnet 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Barnet 12%, England 3%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.37 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Barnet: 9.29 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

64.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £57,532; 8.3% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£9,432
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 60% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 30% (11%) · educational supplies 28% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 0% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £885,000; in-year balance +£200,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
100%
Continuing in education
100%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
90%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
3%
Any sustained destination
96%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher58.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work53.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.8%62.3%
Social housing4%17.1%
Privately rented11.1%20.5%
Detached houses28.8%22.9%
Flats17.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms42.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000249 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£588,000331 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£411,000–£850,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (43)£1,057,500
Semi-detached (84)£827,500
Terraced (74)£615,000
Flat (130)£385,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
23an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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