- Type
- Grammar
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr R Eastham
- Address
-
Morton Terrace
Gainsborough
Lincs
DN21 2ST - Telephone
- 01427 612354
- School email address
- office@qehs.lincs.sch.uk
- School website
- Church school
- No
- Academy
- No
- Category
- Community
- Total number 11 to 16
- 931
- Total number 16 to 18
- 308
- Admission authority
- Local authority
- Published admission number
- 186
- 2023 and 2024 oversubscription criteria
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Where the number of applications is more than the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit.
- Looked after children and all previously looked after children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
- There is a brother or sister on roll at the school at the time of application.
- Children of Staff employed at the School.
- The school is 9 miles or less from the child’s home address by driving distance. Such children will be referred to in this policy as ‘local children’. If there is oversubscription within this criterion priority will be given to the child living closest to the school by driving distance.
If two or more children in this criterion are tied for the last place the following tiebreakers will be used in the order given until the tie is resolved; 11+ score, with the child achieving the highest aggregate standardised score being awarded the place; The child living closest to the school by straight-line distance being awarded the place; Random allocation. A lottery will be drawn by an independent person, not employed by the school or working in Children’s Service Directorate at the local authority.
- The Child is registered as Ever6FSM, at the time of application.
- The school is more than 9 miles from the child’s home address by driving distance.
If there is oversubscription within this criterion children will be ranked by their aggregate standardised 11+ score in decreasing order, with the highest score being awarded a place first. If two or more children in this criterion are tied for the last place the following tiebreakers will be used in the order given until the tie is resolved; The child living closest to the school by driving distance being awarded the place; The child living closest to the school by straight-line distance being awarded the place; Random allocation. A lottery will be drawn by an independent person, not employed by the school or working in Children’s Service Directorate at the local authority.
There are entrance exams for admission into a grammar school. Details about the testing arrangements can be obtained from the school.
This is a grammar school and applicants must meet the required standard in the admissions exam to be allocated a place. See the school’s full admissions policy for more information.
- Sixth form published admission number
- 35
- Sixth form entry requirements
-
The admission criteria are outlined in more detail, including academic requirements on the school's website.
- Sixth form oversubscription criteria
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This is the same as the criteria for year 7.
The Sixth Form open evening takes place in late November each year and any student (internal or external) with a desire to potentially attend Sixth Form at QEHS is welcome to attend. Initial applications are asked for soon after this event as the Sixth Form, in recent years, has received more applications than it is able to find places for. In this way, clarity for all applicants is achieved. Of course, students may apply at any point up until the first day in September in the year of admission though they should be aware that courses regularly fill and their options may be significantly limited as a result. Where space does not exist, students may be placed on a waiting list for either a place or an individual subject as appropriate. Here it is worth stating that it is not anticipated that we will have a strict limit on space per se. We are more likely, as has been seen in recent years, to have a lack of space in particular subjects or combinations of subjects. For example, those subjects requiring specialist facilities are severely limited in terms of overall space as a result. A lack of overall space will only occur where no viable combination of subject options remains available.From here, the Sixth Form leadership team will work with relevant staff to try to place as many students as possible in their option choices. Our current open options system allows the vast majority of students to have the options that they require. Conditional offer letters will be sent out from late March or early April signaling our ability to both offer a place and the required combination of subjects. Where a clash exists, we will work with the student to try to find a viable alternative combination. - You might also be interested in
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- Department for Education Number
- 9254065