- Grammar school for boys and girls
- Lincolnshire 11+
Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough: 11+ entry
Morton Terrace, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 2ST
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Can we apply, and what did it take?
For September 2027 entry
Opens a short explanationqualifying scoreThe score a child must reach to be considered for a grammar school place in that area. Reaching it is not an offer of a place: places then follow each school’s admission rules.
220or more
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+, 2027 entry
Checked, source: Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools, checkedYear 7 places
188
2027 entry, Published Admission Number ()Opens a short explanationPANPublished Admission NumberThe number of places a school offers in its first year group, for example Year 7. The admission authority sets it each year in the school’s admission policy.
Checked, source: Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough, checked- Not publishedWe have no checked figure for how far offers reached.
Last distance offered
Your next deadline
Next: School place applications close: Common Application Form ()Opens a short explanationCAFCommon Application FormThe form you use to apply for a secondary school place. You send it to your own council, even for schools in another area, and you list the schools you want in order of preference. In England it closes on 31 October.
in 11 days
Can we get in?
How far offers reached
Each bar shows how far from Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough the last child offered a place lived, under the last admission rule the offers reached. Up to five years, on one scale.
Qualifying is not the same as being offered a place.
A score of 220 or more in the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+ means your child can be considered. If more children qualify than there are places, the school gives places using its admission rules, in order. The figures below show how far those rules reached in past years. They are history, not a prediction: they change every year with who applies.
Applications and offers, September 2026 entry (Department for Education)
How many families applied to Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough and how many places it offered. Applicants per place is all applications divided by offers. Families apply to several schools and not every applicant qualifies, so it is not the chance of a place.
| Figure | Department for Education |
|---|---|
| First-preference applications | 222First-preference applications, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254065,z,3,"The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough",188,188,183,4,1,270,222,35,13,1.2131147540983607,1.1808510638297873,135,105,Community school,No religious character,10.9,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001243,Gainsborough,120655,7View the official source |
| All applications (any preference) | 270All applications (any preference), 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254065,z,3,"The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough",188,188,183,4,1,270,222,35,13,1.2131147540983607,1.1808510638297873,135,105,Community school,No religious character,10.9,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001243,Gainsborough,120655,7View the official source |
| Places offered on National Offer Day | 188Places offered on National Offer Day, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254065,z,3,"The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough",188,188,183,4,1,270,222,35,13,1.2131147540983607,1.1808510638297873,135,105,Community school,No religious character,10.9,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001243,Gainsborough,120655,7View the official source |
| Applicants per place | 1.4Applicants per place, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254065,z,3,"The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough",188,188,183,4,1,270,222,35,13,1.2131147540983607,1.1808510638297873,135,105,Community school,No religious character,10.9,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001243,Gainsborough,120655,7View the official source |
Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked
About these figures
Queen Elizabeth's High, Gainsborough has not published past cut-off scores on the pages we checked.
At a glance
Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough in brief
tap a value for its source
- Pupils
- mixedPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough.The source says:
3rd best co-educational school in Lincolnshire
View the official source - Who the school admits.
- Year 7 places
- 188Year 7 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough.The source says:
Our Published Admissions number is 188 for entry in September 2027
View the official source2027 entry - The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
- Entrance test
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- The test children sit to be considered. Written by GL Assessment.
- School type
- Community schoolSchool typeChecked 12 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Get Information about Schools).The source says:
120655,"925","Lincolnshire","4065","The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough","01","Community school"
View the official source - How the school is run and funded.
Key dates
Dates for September 2027 entry
For children in Year 6 in 2026/27.
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools
3 earlier steps, all doneShow
Done: Test registration opens
Done: Test registration closes
Done: Results
12pm
Next: School place applications close (CAF)
in 11 days
Coming up: National Offer Day
Not published yet: Test day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Year 5 now? Dates for September 2028 entryNone of these dates are published yet.
Not published yet: Test registration opens
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test registration closes
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Results
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Notes on these dates
Late registration and late tests: registration has closed; late-testing enquiries go to the school's admissions emailQueen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough: Late testing (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough.The source says: Please email admissions@qehs.lincs.sch.uk for any late testing enquiries.
View the official source.
How places are given
6 admission rules, in order, for 2027 entry
If more children qualify than there are places, Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough gives places using these rules (its Opens a short explanationoversubscription criteriaThe rules a school uses, in order, to decide who gets a place when more children apply than there are places. For example: children in care first, then brothers and sisters of pupils, then distance from home.), in this order (2027 entry).
- 1
Looked-after and previously looked-after children
The policy's own words
1. Looked after children and all previously looked after children
- 2
A brother or sister on roll at the school when you apply
The policy's own words
2. There is a brother or sister on roll at the school at the time of application.
- 3
Children of staff employed at the school
The policy's own words
3. Children of Staff employed at the School.
- 4
Children living 9 miles or less from the school by driving distance
The policy's own words
4. The school is 9 miles or less from the child’s home address by driving distance.
- 5
Children registered as Ever6FSM (free school meals in the last six years) when you apply
The policy's own words
5. The Child is registered as Ever6FSM, at the time of application.
- 6
Children living more than 9 miles from the school by driving distance
The policy's own words
6. The school is more than 9 miles from the child’s home address by driving distance.
Source: Lincolnshire County Council, checked
- Who qualifies
- qualifying in the Lincolnshire 11+ testsSource: Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough, checked
More detail from our guide
We have not yet confirmed the catchment or distance rules for this school.
The test
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- Test
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- Written by
- GL Assessment
- Test date, 2027 entry
- Not yet published
Queen Elizabeth's High, Gainsborough uses the two Lincolnshire consortium tests; a total of 220Lincolnshire: Qualifying scoreChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools.The source says: The qualifying level is a total standardised score of at least 220 on both papers.
View the official source or more qualifies a child.
Format: Lincolnshire guide.
Open days
Not published yet
No open-event dates found on the school website yet.
If you are refused a place
Reviews, appeals and the waiting list
General information, not legal advice.
- How appeals work
- contact Lincolnshire County Council School Admissions (01522 782030)Source: Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough, checked
General information, not legal advice.
How appeals work here: contact Lincolnshire County Council School Admissions (01522 782030)Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough: Appeals route (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough.The source says: For further school admissions advice, including mid-year admissions and appeals, please contact the School Admissions team at Lincolnshire County Council.
View the official source.
What is different about Queen Elizabeth's High, Gainsborough
- Sixth-form-led school tours on Wednesday afternoons (13.50 or 14.00, about an hour)Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough.The source says:
Tours take place on Wednesday afternoons, as this is when Sixth Formers are best able to act as tour guides.
View the official source - Runs two familiarisation tests, which it considers enough preparationQueen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough.The source says:
we consider that the two familiarisation tests carried out by us are sufficient preparation for the tests.
View the official source - Large Year 7 intake (PAN 188 for 2027)Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough.The source says:
Our Published Admissions number is 188 for entry in September 2027
View the official source - School registration deadline was 20 March 2026 (extended to 15 May), earlier than the consortium's 31 MarchQueen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough.The source says:
The deadline for registration was Friday 20 March and was extended until 15 May.
View the official source
Entry in September 2028 (Year 5 now)
No 2028 arrangements found yet.
What we are still checking
Still being confirmed: the full 2027 admission policy.
Official documents and sources
10 sources, each kept as an archived copy
- Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics)
Spreadsheet · copy archived by ExamKind on 16 Oct 2026
- Department for Education (Get Information about Schools)
Spreadsheet · copy archived by ExamKind on 11 Oct 2026
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 13 Oct 2026
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 13 Oct 2026
- Lincolnshire County Council
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 11 Oct 2026
- Lincolnshire County Council
Spreadsheet · copy archived by ExamKind on 11 Oct 2026
- Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
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