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Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School

Secondary · Barnet · EN5 5RR

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Strong standard

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: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Expected standard

Inspected 3 February 2026 · report published 19 April 2026

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At a glance

1,078 pupils · 94% of 1,146 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
23.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
32.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.qegschool.org.uk
URN
137131

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 146 families named it first for 204 Year 7 places, 0.72 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 4.263 miles; distance decided places in 7 of the 10 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2015 to 2025. At its report-card inspection on 3 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.72 first-choice applications per place

204 places offered · 146 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. The distance published for 2025 entry is not shown here.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

The distance published for 2025 entry is not shown here.

It is far outside anything this school's other years or comparable schools show, so it would not tell you how close you need to live.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 4.263 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
58.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
82.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
69.5%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.4
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-) C
28.9
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school58.6
Median of its 12 closest peers52.4
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
Judgemeadow Community CollegeLeicester · 77 miles awayGood46.7
Haydon SchoolPinner · 10 miles awayGood46
The Forest SchoolWokingham · 33 miles awayExpected standard50.7
West London Free SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayGood69.2
Southgate SchoolBarnet · 2 miles awayGood51.1
Prendergast SchoolLondon · 15 miles awayOutstanding64
Bishop Ullathorne Catholic SchoolCoventry · 76 miles awayGood52.9
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' SchoolHatfield · 8 miles awayOutstanding51.9
Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' SchoolUpminster · 20 miles awayOutstanding62.2
Overton Grange SchoolSutton · 21 miles awayRequires improvement46.8
The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary AcademyNottingham · 101 miles awayGood (2019)55.3
St Bernard's High SchoolWestcliff-on-Sea · 39 miles awayGood54.9

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 26% (Barnet 23%, England 59%) · Any other White background 15% (Barnet 20%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 14% (Barnet 4%, England 3%) · Black African 10% (Barnet 8%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 7% (Barnet 8%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Barnet 7%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Barnet 12%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Barnet 2%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Barnet 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · 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)
6.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.43 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · 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
16.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 17% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 1.48% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.3 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 £61,493; 16.4% 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£8,385
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £616,000; in-year balance -£19,000

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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
95%
Continuing in education
93%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
59%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
17%
Any sustained destination
87%

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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher51.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier50.2%62.3%
Social housing13.4%17.1%
Privately rented36.3%20.5%
Detached houses7.5%22.9%
Flats57.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van33.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000250 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£590,000481 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£395,000–£790,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (51)£895,000
Semi-detached (143)£780,000
Terraced (89)£645,000
Flat (198)£378,000

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
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
66an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
13an 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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