Dame Alice Owen's School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Hertfordshire
Dugdale Hill Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 2DU
100
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 05/12/2023
Application demand
56%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
96.0%
7.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,467
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
1,416 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
56%
1st preference success rate
176 of 316 families who put it first got an offer
191
Places offered
707
Total applications
3.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 316 | 176 | ● 56% |
| 2nd preference | 191 | 13 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 105 | 2 | ● 2% |
| 4th preference | 95 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 707 | 191 | 27% |
1st preference success by year
Hertfordshire lets families list 4 preferences. 356 applications came from outside the council area (112 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Hannah Nemko
- Address
- Dugdale Hill Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 2DU
- Phone
- 01707643441
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Bentley Heath & The Royds · Hertsmere
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136554
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 4% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: DAME ALICE OWEN'S SCHOOL
1,467 pupils · 1,416 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
05 December 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,009 pupils
Attendance
96.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
7.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 73.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.92 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 88% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 93% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 7.04 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 47.01 | — | — |
Average grade: A- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 72.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 87.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 94.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 73.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.96 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 200 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 48.08 | 35 |
| Average grade | A- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 50.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 222 | — |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #32 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11881: Dame Alice Owen's School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 50 |
| Offers | 15 |
| Success rate | 30% |
| Accepted offers | 14 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 76% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 100% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 79% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.