Dame Alice Owen's School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
A87
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Potters Bar, EN6 2DU
- Distance
- 2.1km away
Gracewood Academy
Church Road, Rothwell, Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1082
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues from Mount Grace School (URN 137224) since 1 December 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 36.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 26.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 29.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 79
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 77.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
26.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
17
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 49
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 489
- Capacity
- 1082 (0% full)
- SEND
- 23.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.7%
- EAL
- 13.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 19.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,943/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 40.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 61.7%
- White Other: 12.0%
- Black African: 6.0%
- Asian Other: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Asian Indian: 2.7%
- Other: 2.7%
61.7%
White British
12.0%
White Other
6.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Church Road
Potters Bar, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 152099
- UKPRN
- 10099774
- Establishment No.
- 4040
- Trust
- FUTURE ACADEMIES
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