Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy
Station Road, Alford, LN13 9HY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GRAMMAR, ALFORD - A SELECTIVE ACADEMY LIMITED
- Headteacher
- Mr Glen Thompson
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 628
- Pupils on roll
- 565
- URN
- 136315
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01507462403
About this school
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy is a secondary academy in Alford. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 565 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
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- Achievement
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- Attendance and behaviour
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- Personal development and wellbeing
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- Leadership and governance
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- Post-16 provision
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- Safeguarding
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Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 81 | 93 | 72 |
| Attainment 8 score | 60.2 | 59.1 | 60.5 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.36 +0.04 to +0.69 | +0.28 -0.02 to +0.59 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 68% | 76.3% | 72.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 95% | 94.6% | 95.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 93% | 94.6% | 94.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60.2 | 42.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 59.1 | 41.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 60.5 | 39.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 527 |
| 2023/24 | 529 |
| 2024/25 | 533 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy compares
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy ranked 10th of 54 secondary schools in Lincolnshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 93% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60.5 | 6.2% | 14% | 565 | — |
| John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College | 36.2 | 9.8% | 52.7% | 650 | 0.5 miles |
| King Edward VI Academy | 39.3 | 8.1% | 47.1% | 357 | 6.5 miles |
| Skegness Academy | 30.7 | 12.3% | 65% | 939 | 9.9 miles |
| Louth Academy | 45 | 8.3% | 40.9% | 891 | 10.1 miles |
| Skegness Grammar School | 52 | 7.8% | 26.1% | 622 | 10.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
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Graded inspection report6 May 2026
- 23 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.99%
- English as an additional language
- 1.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.17%
- Persistent absence
- 14.61%
Location
Nearby schools
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John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College0.5 miles
Secondary · Alford
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King Edward VI Academy6.5 miles
Secondary · Spilsby
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Skegness Academy9.9 miles
Secondary · Skegness
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Louth Academy10.1 miles
Secondary · Louth
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Skegness Grammar School10.1 miles
Secondary · Skegness
Other schools in Alford
Common questions
- What year groups does Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy teach?
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Alford.
- Who is the headteacher of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy?
- The headteacher of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy is Mr Glen Thompson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy?
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy has 565 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy full?
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy has capacity for 628 pupils and 565 on roll (90%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy a faith school?
- No. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy a selective school?
- Yes. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy is recorded as Selective in the schools register, so entry involves selection.
- Who runs Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy?
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy is part of QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GRAMMAR, ALFORD - A SELECTIVE ACADEMY LIMITED. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 60.2 in 2022/23 and 60.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy rank locally?
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy ranked 10th of 54 secondary schools in Lincolnshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 93% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy's absence rate?
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 13 August 2026.