Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in LincolnshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- 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
- 6 May 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 23 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry194 applications · 68 places offered · 86 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 2.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 2.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- This school
- Lincolnshire 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 68 | 194 | 2.9 | 86 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2025 | 85 | 191 | 2.3 | 105 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2024 | 75 | 189 | 2.5 | 89 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2023 | 70 | 175 | 2.5 | 90 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2022 | 78 | 174 | 2.2 | 91 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 93 | 211 | 2.3 | 112 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 | 61 | 170 | 2.8 | 71 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2019 | 84 | 185 | 2.2 | 96 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2018 | 75 | 168 | 2.2 | 100 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2017 | 65 | 165 | 2.5 | 84 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2016 | 63 | 147 | 2.3 | 71 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 | 68 | 145 | 2.1 | 85 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2014 | 84 | 173 | 2.1 | 94 | 1.12 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 93 | 59.9 | 75% | 91% | – |
| 2024/25 | 72 | 60.5 | 72% | 96% | – |
| 2023/24 | 93 | 59.1 | 76% | 95% | +0.28 |
| 2022/23 | 81 | 60.2 | 68% | 95% | +0.36 |
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
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.9applications per place 59.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.8 km · LincolnshireGood20222.0applications per place 33.3Attainment 8
- 10.5 km · LincolnshireGood20231.8applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 16.0 km · LincolnshireRequires improvement20231.3applications per place 31.2Attainment 8
- 16.3 km · LincolnshireGood20221.5applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 16.3 km · Lincolnshire20262.8applications per place 54.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 16.8 km · LincolnshireGood20241.9applications per place 58.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 19.7 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 20.3 km · LincolnshireGood20242.5applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 136315 · 925/5401
- Trust
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford - A Selective Academy Limited
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 628 pupils · 565 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2010
- Replaced
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (URN 120697)
- Address
- Station Road, Alford, LN13 9HY
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · East Lindsey
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources