Dame Alice Owen's School
Dugdale Hill Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 2DU
1,467 pupils · 104% of 1,416 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- DAME ALICE OWEN'S SCHOOL
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 December 2023, published 29 January 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 72.9 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 87.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 94.5% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 73.5% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.78 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 186 | 331 | 751 | 186 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 191 | 316 | 707 | 191 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 191 | 315 | 742 | 191 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 189 | 301 | 713 | 189 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 195 | 333 | 734 | 195 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 196 | 404 | 872 | 196 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 202 | 332 | 796 | 202 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 212 | 428 | 886 | 212 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Gracewood Academy 2.1 km · Requires improvement (2022) · previous system
- Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet 3.9 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- Chancellor's School 4.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School 4.4 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- JCoSS 4.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Hertswood Academy 4.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.