QE Sixth Form ranked as the best in the country

QE’s Sixth Form comes top in a new national league table published by The Telegraph.

The Telegraph analysed data from more than 2,000 state-school sixth forms and sixth-form colleges, allocating them points according to A-level performance and leavers’ university destinations.

QE took first place after not only amassing the maximum 40 points – along with 21 other leading schools – but also emerging as the only school or college in the top ten to be awarded an A+ ranking for its average A-level score by The Telegraph.

Headmaster Neil Enright said: “At Queen Elizabeth’s School, we now have our biggest-ever Sixth Form, and I am tremendously proud of the repeated successes of our pupils in gaining superb grades at A-levels and then going on to the best degree-level courses university or apprenticeship courses. Last month’s A-level results, which once again saw more than half of all grades at A*, represent another very fine achievement.

“However, the QE Sixth Form experience is by no means all about examination results. Boys typically throw themselves into an array of co-curricular activities through our QE Flourish programme. They can be found making significant contributions as prefects, peer mentors, and as the leaders of clubs and societies, while all Year 12 pupils help the wider community through voluntary service. And they prepare for their onward path through our QE Futures programme and University admissions Support Programme (USP), and through gaining from the experience of our alumni in the QE Connect network.”

In The Telegraph’s rankings, QE came in ahead of Kingston upon Thames’ The Tiffin Girls’ School in second place and Tiffin School in third.  The table was compiled by the data editor, Ben Butcher, and senior data journalist, Ollie Corfe.

The accompanying article said: “Overall, Queen Elizabeth’s School, a grammar school in Barnet, ranked best in the country. With an average grade of A+, the school sends 95 per cent of students to university, including 92 per cent to Russell Group and other top tier institutions.”

The Telegraph based its table on A-level performance from 2023–2024, and its university destination data on figures from 2021.

Eight separate criteria, with varying weightings, were used to arrive at the overall score. As well as those related to A-level grades and university places, these included the number of A-level subjects available (20 at QE) and the proportion of pupils who were retained after Year 12 to continue their studies in Year 13.