Queen Elizabeth's School, BarnetDame Alice Owen's School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet and Dame Alice Owen's School are secondary schools.

  • Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet scores 92 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional) and Dame Alice Owen's School scores 87 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet is ahead on our composite score.

  • Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet was judged Outstanding and Dame Alice Owen's School was judged Outstanding.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 85.6 for Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet and 72.9 for Dame Alice Owen's School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (86.3 in 2021-22, 85.6 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Dame Alice Owen's School (75.8 in 2021-22, 72.9 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet versus Dame Alice Owen's School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BarnetQueen Elizabeth's School, BarnetPotters BarDame Alice Owen's SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreA92/100Stronger figureA87/100
Local ranking1st of 27 in Barnet 1st of 81 in Hertfordshire
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingOfsted: Outstanding
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderBoys Mixed
Pupils on roll1,314 1,468
Capacity1,200 1,416
LocationBarnet, EN5 4DQ Potters Bar, EN6 2DU
GCSE results
Attainment 885.6 Stronger figure72.9 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths99.0% Stronger figure87.5% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths99.5% Stronger figure94.5% 64.8%
Entering EBacc99.5% Stronger figure73.5% 40.5%
EBacc average point score8.55 Stronger figure6.96 4.09
Cohort193 200
A-level results
A-level entries174 222
A-level average points52.7 Stronger figure48.1 35.0
A-level average gradeA+ A-
Best 3 A-levels points53.8 Stronger figure48.1 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects83.8% Stronger figure50.9% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,314 1,468
Free school meals (ever 6)4.2% 4.8%
English as an additional language30.3% 7.5%
SEN support1.1% 9.9%
SEN with an EHC plan0.5% 3.0%
Attendance
Overall absence3.3% Stronger figure4.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence2.8% Stronger figure7.0% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet

Dame Alice Owen's School

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