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Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School

Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Barnet

High Street, Barnet, EN5 5RR

Website 02084492984

85

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

96%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

92.9%

20.3% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,078

Capacity used

Nearly full

94%

1,146 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

96%

1st preference success rate

107 of 112 families who put it first got an offer

208

Places offered

595

Total applications

2.9

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference112107● 96%
2nd preference13543● 32%
3rd preference13327● 20%
Later preferences (4th–6th)21531● 14%
Total59520835%

1st preference success by year

90%
2020
84%
2021
87%
2022
84%
2023
92%
2024
96%
2025

Barnet lets families list 6 preferences. 136 applications came from outside the council area (56 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11–18
Gender
Girls
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Yes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Stephanie Rodgers
Address
High Street, Barnet, EN5 5RR
Phone
02084492984
Local authority
Barnet
Ward / constituency
Barnet Vale · Chipping Barnet
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
137131

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals23%——
English as additional language31%——
SEN support9%——
0% boys (0)100% girls (1078)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GIRLS' SCHOOL (BARNET)

1,078 pupils · 1,146 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 26

    03 February 2026

    S5 Inspection · report card

    InclusionStrong standard
    AchievementStrong standard
    Safeguarding standardsMet
    Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
    Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
    Leadership and governanceStrong standard
    Early yearsNot applicable
    Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
    Post-16 provisionExpected standard
  2. 21

    22 September 2021

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
Read the full Ofsted report

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 996 pupils

Attendance

92.9%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

7.1%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

20.3%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

2.2%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.1%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

8%
20/21
28%
21/22
24%
22/23
21%
23/24
20%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Attainment 8 score59.6——
Progress 8 score0.74—0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths71%——
Grade 4+ in English & maths87%——
EBacc average point score5.55——

Progress 8 band

Well below
5% of schools
Below
26% of schools
Average
43% of schools
Above
21% of schools
Well above
5% of schools

A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry31.42——

Average grade: C (England B-)

GCSE results over time

60.6201960.3202255.3202359.6202458.62025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 858.646
Grade 5+ English & maths69.5%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths82.6%65%
Entering EBacc65.8%40%
EBacc average point score5.44.1
Pupils in cohort190—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils
+0.13
Other pupils
+0.86
Low prior attainers
+0.79
Middle prior attainers
+0.71
High prior attainers
+0.79
Girls
+0.74

A-level results over time

31.48201939.29202231.56202331.42202428.912025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry28.9135
Average gradeC—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)8.2%17%
A-level students73—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
English Language18836%74%87%
Mathematics18734%72%85%
English Literature18632%81%91%
Religious Studies18232%74%85%
Combined Science13628%65%80%
Geography10731%67%79%
History9736%71%80%
Spanish9527%61%75%
Design & Technology6338%81%89%
Business5210%54%71%
Biology5082%98%98%
Physics4789%100%100%

A level

SubjectEntriesA*A*–AA*–B
Sociology230%4%39%
Mathematics234%17%35%
Biology2110%24%33%
Chemistry1911%11%32%
Psychology180%11%39%
Government and Politics150%13%40%
English Literature120%0%33%
History110%9%64%
Economics110%9%18%
Fine Art90%11%44%
Religious Studies90%0%22%
Business Studies80%0%0%

Oxbridge

<32020<32021<32022<3202302024≤52025

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2

UCAS apply centre 11079: Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School

Cambridge admissions12025
Applications≤5
Offers≤5
Success rate—
Accepted offers≤5

1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)76%——
Apprenticeships0%——
Any education or training79%——

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Barnet council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Year 7 (secondary)31 October1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.