{"id":67785,"date":"2026-06-22T05:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T05:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/67785\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T05:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T05:32:26","slug":"the-london-state-school-among-most-successful-in-britain-for-oxbridge-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/67785\/","title":{"rendered":"The London state school among most successful in Britain for Oxbridge offers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A north London grammar school is among the most successful state schools in Britain for securing Oxford and Cambridge offers.<\/p>\n

Queen Elizabeth\u2019s School in Barnet, founded in 1573, has become known as a top performer for getting pupils into these prestigious universities.<\/p>\n

Last year, 62 students from the boys\u2019 grammar school received offers from Oxford and Cambridge, with 46 from Cambridge and 16 from Oxford.<\/p>\n

These offers meant that more than one in three Year 13 students from the school<\/a> had a chance to attend either Oxford or Cambridge.<\/p>\n

This year, the success story continues with another 49 offers received, taking the total number of Oxbridge offers over the past three years to 157.<\/p>\n

The school\u2019s headmaster, Neil Enright, said its success comes from fostering a “culture that encourages intellectual curiosity, independent learning, and academic ambition.”<\/p>\n

Queen Elizabeth\u2019s School doesn\u2019t just prepare its students for Oxbridge.<\/p>\n

Most of its sixth-formers go into higher education<\/a>, with many securing spots at Russell Group universities on competitive courses like medicine, engineering, law, and economics.<\/p>\n

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According to government data, this school sends a higher proportion of students to Russell Group universities than any other state-funded school in England.<\/p>\n

Queen Elizabeth\u2019s was also named State Secondary School of the Year by the Sunday Times, which praised its academic achievements and university destinations.<\/p>\n

The school\u2019s selective admissions process makes it highly sought after, with thousands of families applying each year for a limited number of Year 7 places.<\/p>\n

For many parents, Queen Elizabeth\u2019s is a prime example of a state-funded school matching the achievements often seen in the independent sector.<\/p>\n

While league tables and university destinations are not the only measures of a school\u2019s success, the numbers from Queen Elizabeth\u2019s speak volumes.<\/p>\n

In the ongoing conversation about social mobility and access to top universities, Barnet\u2019s historic grammar school shows that state schools can compete \u2013 and win \u2013 at the highest levels.<\/p>\n

The school\u2019s consistent success in securing university places has not only reinforced its reputation for academic excellence but also demonstrated the potential of state-funded education to break barriers and match the traditional advantages of private schooling.<\/p>\n

In a climate where access to top universities is a hot topic of debate, Queen Elizabeth\u2019s School is setting a benchmark for others to follow, proving that determination, skill, and ambition can come from any part of the educational spectrum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A north London grammar school is among the most successful state schools in Britain for securing Oxford and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,31662,31663,31664,9481,31660,31661,31665],"class_list":["post-67785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-britain","tag-britain","tag-grammar-school","tag-north-london-grammar-school","tag-offers","tag-oxford","tag-queen-elizabeths-school","tag-russell-group-universities","tag-state-schools"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116792128202242837","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}