QE Girls Barnet - Is is really that good?

I don't know very much about QEGS, aside from the fact I do know people who are considering moving house for it (not necessary with our more local secondary options IMO, but that's not really relevant here) BUT clearly the GCSE results and progress are absolutely stellar, with a very normal London cohort as regards prior attainment/EAL/ pupil premium kids. No covert selection here it seems.

The A level progress score for last year was still very good (0.26), but it's striking that only 65 girls took A levels, less than half the number that did GCSEs in the same year. So as PP said, it's impossible to say what the situation is with their 6th form without asking around locally/ asking the school itself. Barnet has a hugely competitive school environment with high levels of selection, both open and not, and Woodside is a destination for children from a wide catchment.

@barnetparent I know you've posted about this school before, and sure you are still considering your options, but in your position I'd be grabbing a Y7 place with both hands. So many kids move for A levels anyway, and a lot can change in 5 years.

Those results are well below national average - Nationally 26% of results were A*-A, and 53% A*-B.

Their 2019 Leavers Destinations www.qegschool.org.uk/page/?title=Results+and+Destinations&pid=315 (scroll to the pdf at the bottom of the page) are to be blunt hardly inspiring . Likewise the actual A level results profile..........well the number of D and E grades comfortably exceeds the A* and As. Unless there is of course another QE Girls in Barnet?

The GCSE results are truly impressive for a non-selective school that is in a normal urban area.
One challenge that QEG will have is that the excellent Woodhouse College may be hoovering up 16 year old girls who want a mixed, more college like environment.
I always think that GCSE should be the focus because you can't tell who has joined or left at A levels as you say. I doubt there are many joining QEG at that point when there are more obviously alternatives at 16+.

What are your alternatives?

I don't know anything about the numbers. I do know that a pretty ambitious, high acheiving type family I know sent one of their girls there as first choice, so they must have been pretty happy with it