Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford 11 plus: 2024 entry guide

If you're considering Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford for your child's secondary education, look no further. We've gathered all the information you need to know about Year 7 entry in 2024, including details of how to apply, the content of the 11 plus exam, and tips to help your child prepare.

About Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford

Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar, Alford is a grammar school for boys and girls established in 1566.

The school was formerly a Business & Enterprise College and students are encouraged to set up their own businesses and trade in school (with a venture fund to support them). The school also provides an extensive range of extra-curricular activities, including a biannual World Challenge Expedition (held in Ecuador in 2020), the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and a bespoke Leadership Award Scheme.

The school is rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.

• Address: Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar, Station Road, Alford, Lincolnshire LN13 9HY

• Local authority: Lincolnshire County Council

• School type: mixed grammar

• Headteacher: Glen Thompson

• Number of pupils: 500+

Key info for Year 7 admissions

• Admissions contact: [email protected], 01507 462403

• Number of places in Year 7: 84

• Open day date: every year on the first Thursday in October

• 11 plus registration opens: January 2023

• 11 plus registration closes: 31st March 2023

• Exam date: 16th and 23rd September 2023

• Exam type: Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools: GL Assessment

• Common application form (CAF) deadline: 31st October 2023

• National school offer day: 1st March 2024

How to apply to Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford

If you would like your child to be considered for a place at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford, you will need to register for them to take the 11 plus exam and apply for a school place separately:

• Register for the 11 plus: you will need to register for your child to take the Lincolnshire 11 plus exam before 31st March 2023.

• Apply for a school place: you will need to submit your local authority common application form (CAF) and name Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford as your preferred school of choice. If you're applying from within Lincolnshire, you will be able to complete this form on the Lincolnshire County Council website between 1st September and 31st October 2023.

What is the pass mark for Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford?

After your child takes the 11 plus exam, a team of independent professional markers will double-mark and check the papers. Some scores will be age-standardised and then the results for the school will be ranked in order.

The qualifying level (pass mark) is a total standardised score of at least 220 on both papers. Children who meet and exceed this pass mark are normally working within the top 25% of their cohort.

The results of the exam will be emailed to you on Friday 13th October 2023. However, passing the 11 plus does not guarantee that your child will receive a place at the school, as more children normally qualify for a place than there are places available. See more information about this below.

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford oversubscription criteria

There are 84 places available in Year 7 at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford. If the number of children who meet the qualifying score exceeds 84, the school will apply oversubscription criteria to decide which children should be offered places.

Children who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school, and who have met the qualifying score, will be prioritised before the remaining oversubscription criteria are applied to children who have reached the qualifying score:

1. Pupils who are or have previously been in public care

2. Pupils living within the school's designated free transport area (catchment area) and who have a sibling currently attending the school

3. Pupils living within the school's designated free transport area (catchment area)

4. Pupils who do not live within the designated free transport area, but do attend a primary school within it, and have a sibling currently attending the school

5. Pupils who do not live within the designated free transport area, but do attend a primary school within it

6. Pupils who do not live in the designated free transport area or attend a primary school in the area

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford catchment area

The catchment area for Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford is aligned with the designated transport area. This covers the areas of Alford, Huttoft, Mablethorpe, Sutton-on-Sea, Theddlethorpe, Willoughby and Withern.

A map is available on the school website.

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