England · Grammar school
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Barnet · Boys only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136290)
Overview
- Address
- Queen's Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 4DQ
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Boys only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,321
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Eligible for free school meals
- 3.3%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Barnet
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area10% of Year 7 places offered in Barnet for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Barnet CAF / QE Boys entrance test
- Qualifying score
- combined standardised score 225 to be eligible (2025 entry)
- Catchment area
- No catchment area
- Children from outside the catchment
- Not yet available
Past offers: lowest score and furthest distance
| Intake | Applicant group | Lowest score offered | Last distance offered | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2025 | AllSecondary source citing school admissions guide; same 235 reported for 2024 | 235 | – | leadingtuition.co.uksecondary source |
| Sept 2024 | AllSecondary source | 235 | – | leadingtuition.co.uksecondary source |
From published allocation data found in desk research (checked 1 November 2026); not yet confirmed with the school. Scores from different tests or years are not comparable, and a past cut-off does not guarantee a future place.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 763 applicants named this school (432 as their first choice) for 192 places. 175 of 192 offers went to children living outside Barnet.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Barnet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 192 | 763 | 432 | 2.3 | 175 |
| Sept 2025 | 191 | 791 | 462 | 2.4 | 164 |
| Sept 2024 | 190 | 824 | 476 | 2.5 | 164 |
| Sept 2023 | 190 | 975 | 525 | 2.8 | 169 |
| Sept 2022 | 188 | 1,026 | 557 | 3.0 | 161 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Barnet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 192 | 956 | 535 | 2.8 | 175 |
| Sept 2020 | 191 | 992 | 550 | 2.9 | 166 |
| Sept 2019 | 191 | 1,065 | 592 | 3.1 | 163 |
| Sept 2018 | 188 | 922 | 492 | 2.6 | 167 |
| Sept 2017 | 178 | 891 | 493 | 2.8 | 149 |
| Sept 2016 | 173 | 867 | 467 | 2.7 | 157 |
| Sept 2015 | 177 | 825 | 441 | 2.5 | 154 |
| Sept 2014 | 175 | 811 | 432 | 2.5 | 145 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Barnet" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (leadingtuition.co.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 September 2010
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 21 April 2026. Read the report ↗
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- Inclusion
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Post-16 provision
- Exceptional
- Safeguarding
- Met
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.
Inspection history (4)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 87.1 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 100% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 96.9% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 86.6 (2023/24) → 85.6 (2024/25) → 87.1 (2025/26).
192 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- EN5 4DQ
- Map location
- 51.65575, -0.21255
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 02084414646
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.qebarnet.co.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136290) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026