The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough
Ofsted: Good
Score
C69
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Gainsborough, DN21 2ST
- Distance
- 1.5km away
The Gainsborough Academy
Sweyn Lane, Gainsborough, DN21 1PB
Local ranking49th of 54 secondary schools in Lincolnshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 10 July 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 33.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 20.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 41.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 144
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 722
- Boys
- 379 (49%)
- Girls
- 388 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (64% full)
- SEND
- 28.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 61.4%
- EAL
- 4.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 25.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,902/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.0%
- White Other: 3.9%
- Black African: 2.0%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
90.0%
White British
3.9%
White Other
2.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sweyn Lane
Gainsborough, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 145954
- UKPRN
- 10067582
- Establishment No.
- 4043
- Trust
- WICKERSLEY PARTNERSHIP TRUST
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