Horncastle Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School - Find a school

Type
Grammar
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 18
Gender
Mixed
Headteacher
Mr S Furness
Address

West Street
Horncastle
Lincs
LN9 5AD

Telephone
01507 522465
School email address
enquiries@qegs.lincs.sch.uk
School website

Horncastle Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

Church school
No
Category
Academy
Total number 11 to 16
614
Total number 16 to 18
223
Specialism
Science and Languages
Admission authority
Academy trust
Published admission number
120
2023 and 2024 oversubscription criteria

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.

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children including those 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, if they have reached the required standard for entry
  2. Children who have reached the qualifying standard for entry and who are eligible for pupil premium or the service premium
  3. Eligible children whose permanent address is within the school’s designated area for free transport with priority being given to the order of their total scores in the entrance tests
  4. Eligible children from all other areas with priority being given to the order of their total scores in the entrance tests.

If any of the oversubscription criteria have too many applicants then the tie-break will be by straight line distance to the school. If distance is not sufficient to distinguish between applicants for the last place then a lottery will be conducted.

There are selection tests for admission into a grammar school. Details about the testing arrangements can be obtained from the school.

The date for determining whether a pupil counts as living in the designated area for free transport is 1 January in the academic year preceding entry. No applicant whose home address is outside this area can become an in catchment applicant by virtue of the primary school that they attend.

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
40
Sixth form entry requirements
Year 11 students at this school have the right to transfer to our Lower Sixth provided that they meet the academic standards set out below. The school produces a Sixth Form prospectus which gives further details of the subjects and courses on offer.
 
All applicants are required to have at least 6 GCSEs comprising a minimum of four at grade 6 and two at grade 4 and which must include GCSE English Language and GCSE Mathematics at grade 4 or above. Subjects have their own requirements and these must be checked in the Sixth Form Prospectus. Sometimes we may be able to offer a place in the Lower Sixth but  not for the student’s preferred combination of subjects.
Sixth form oversubscription criteria

In accordance with the legislation, the allocation of places for children who have reached the qualifying standard, will take place first: Education, Health and Care Plan (Children and Families Act 2014) where the school is named. If there are too many applicants from other schools, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below:

  1. Looked after Children or previously Looked after Children.
  2. Students who are eligible for pupil premium or the service premium.
  3. Eligible students who live nearest to the school using straight line distance between the post office address points of the home and the school.

Where straight line distances are identical, the highest average capped GCSE point score (capped at the highest eight GCSE grades) will be used as a tie-break in category 3 to decide who has highest priority for admission.

If two or more children are tied for the last place a lottery will be drawn by an independent person, not employed by the school or working in Children’s Services Directorate at the local authority.

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Department for Education Number
9255411