# The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough

The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough is a secondary school in West Lindsey, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,139 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E120655. [West Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,139
- Council: West Lindsey
- URN: 120655

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), December 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 13 December 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough was 62.0, against 46.8 in West Lindsey and 46.2 in England.
74.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | West Lindsey | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 62.0 | 46.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 74.3% | 46.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 91.8% | 65.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 183 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Illuminate You](https://openindex.co.uk/school/illuminate-you-e152477): 300 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [The Gainsborough Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-gainsborough-nursery-school-e126563): 310 m. Nursery. Good (overall), May 2024
- [Castle Wood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castle-wood-academy-e140329): 570 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2024. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Mercer's Wood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mercers-wood-academy-e139332): 570 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022. 29% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Morton Trentside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morton-trentside-primary-school-e120464): 780 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Castles Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castles-education-e147170): 990 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/120655)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/120655)

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