Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet A GSG School Review
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What The Good Schools Guide says..
‘If anything, we downplay exam results - given the ability, the focus needs to be on creating a fun, stimulating environment,’ says head. School goes well beyond the syllabus in every subject, stimulating these bright young minds, all backed up with the support of personal tutors, coaching, mentoring and clinics if required, although ... A rugby school through and through, with everyone expected to get stuck in from the off. Fixtures list includes all major independent schools in the region
Read more- Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Queen's Road
Barnet
Hertfordshire
EN5 4DQ - Head: Mr Neil Enright
- T 020 8441 4646
- F 020 8440 7500
- E enquiries@qebarnet.co.uk
- W www.qebarnet.co.uk
- Queen Elizabeth's School is a state school for boys aged from 11 to 18 in Hertfordshire. Interested in reading more? Read our honest, unbiased Queen Elizabeth's School review.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Barnet
- Pupils: 1,295; sixth formers: 339
- Religion: None
- Open days: First Thursday in July
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 17th May 2022
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What the school says...
Queen Elizabeth's is a selective, non fee-paying grammar school for boys with Academy status. Entry to the School is by entrance examination only (factors such as geographical proximity, siblings at the School, interviews or references etc. play no part in the selection process). The Entrance Examination is held in September of the final year of primary School. 180 places a year are available for boys to enter in Year 7. The mission of Queen Elizabeth's is to produce young men who are 'confident, able and responsible', irrespective of their background. ...Read more
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State grammar school
Since 2011, Neil Enright MA (Oxon) MBA NPQH FRSA. Previously deputy head, having first joined the school in 2002, rising seamlessly through the ranks. Educated at St John's College, Oxford (a geographer); MBA in 2010 from the University of London Institute of Education.
‘When my son recently got into trouble and was threatened with being sent to the head, he said, “Please do because he will listen to us and is fair”,’ a parent told us – and that seems to be the measure of this empathetic, even-handed head whose breezy demeanour must help put these quite serious (well, the ones we met) boys at ease. And though it is hard to believe these biddable boys could be wayward, a parent recounted ‘a recent incident for which there was of course a punishment, but no marking...
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Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Interpreting catchment maps
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Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
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If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
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Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| King's College Junior School (Wimbledon) | 2023 | 1 |
| St Anthony’s School for Boys | 2023 | 1 |
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