Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle
Academy converter secondary school in Horncastle (Lincolnshire).
Location
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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is a high-performing specialist school, specialising in science and modern foreign languages, and is rated as good by Ofsted. It welcomes students from Horncastle and the surrounding area up to and beyond Wragby, Bardney and Woodhall Spa to the west, the Wolds to the north and east, and almost to Boston in the south.
The designated transport area also includes the RAF base at Coningsby. A fleet of service buses, organised by the Local Authority, provides free transport for pupils in the catchment area who live more than three miles from the school.
There are also private bus services for out of catchment pupils, serving Boston, Spilsby, Lincoln, Washingborough, Potterhanworth and Market Rasen. The school welcomes pupils from further afield, providing their parents can make suitable arrangements for transport.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Times Tables Rock Stars
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- International School AwardRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 138665
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (5 current, 6 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.2 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Brewster Confirmed same person Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Alison Hurrell Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Meriem Bertouche | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Stephen Thornley | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Martin Barry Obermuller | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Simon Furness | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 |
| Mr Jon Legat Former | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Luke Smith Former | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Heather Freeman Former | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Mohit Gupta Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Susan How Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record