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Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,321Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136290URN

Queen's Road, Barnet, EN5 4DQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.0per place
1.2 above Barnet median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BarnetSelective

763 applications for 192 places · 11th of 27 in Barnet
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
87.1of 90
1st of 28 in Barnet
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 27 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExceptional
Curriculum and teachingExceptional
AchievementExceptional
Attendance and behaviourExceptional
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExceptional
Leadership and governanceExceptional
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 7 Exceptional
  2. 17 May 2022
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
4.0applications per place, Year 7
1.2 above Barnet median (2.8) 1.7 above England median (2.2)

763 applications · 192 places offered · 432 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 4.0; Barnet median median 2.8
  2. 2025 4.1; Barnet median median 2.5
  3. 2024 4.3; Barnet median median 3.0
  4. 2023 5.1; Barnet median median 2.7
  5. 2022 5.5; Barnet median median 2.6
  6. 2021 5.0; Barnet median median 2.8
  7. 2020 5.2; Barnet median median 3.2
  8. 2019 5.6; Barnet median median 3.1
  9. 2018 4.9; Barnet median median 3.1
  10. 2017 5.0; Barnet median median 3.2
  11. 2016 5.0; Barnet median median 3.2
  12. 2015 4.7; Barnet median median 3.3
  13. 2014 4.6; Barnet median median 3.2
More applications per place than the Barnet median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Barnet median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261927634.04322.25
Sep 20251917914.14622.42
Sep 20241908244.34762.51
Sep 20231909755.15252.76
Sep 20221881,0265.55572.96
Sep 20211929565.05352.79
Sep 20201919925.25502.88
Sep 20191911,0655.65923.10
Sep 20181889224.94922.62
Sep 20171788915.04932.77
Sep 20161738675.04672.70
Sep 20151778254.74412.49
Sep 20141758114.64322.47

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

192 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)87.11st of 28 in Barnet
Grade 5 or above in English and maths100%1st of 28 in Barnet
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Barnet median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.22
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19287.1100%100%–
2024/2519385.699%100%–
2023/2418886.6100%100%+1.22
2022/2319085.5100%100%+1.00

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136290 · 302/5401
Trust
Queen Elizabeth's School Barnet
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,321 on roll
Free school meals
3.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (URN 101358)
Address
Queen's Road, Barnet, EN5 4DQ
Local authority
Barnet

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources