Gracewood Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Potters Bar · EN6 1EZ · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- FSM29.0%
1.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 147246
Chancellor's School
Academy converter · Hatfield · AL9 7BN
Ages 11–18 · 1,241 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
52.9
Overall absence
8.7%
Admissions demand
1.22 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-12-18
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.35
−20+2
Attainment 852.9
English & maths grade 5+57%
English & maths grade 4+72%
EBacc entry76%
EBacc APS: 4.9
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)23.6%
Unauthorised2.2%
- Authorised absence
- 6.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,057
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.22 · Competitive
1st preferences
243
Places offered
202
1st-preference offers
171
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 710
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 202
- Applications from outside LA
- 17
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill96%
1,241 pupils · 1,292 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,241
- Boys / girls
- 684 / 557
- School capacity
- 1,292
- Capacity fill
- 1,241 / 1,292 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 18.2%
- FSM pupils
- 189
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: DANES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Academy trust
- DANES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Sponsor
- St Clement Danes School
- Headteacher
- Mrs Megan Hubbard
Location
- Address
- Pine Grove, Brookmans Park
- Postcode
- AL9 7BN
- Town
- Hatfield
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 1,241 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 18.2%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Dame Alice Owen's School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Potters Bar · EN6 2DU · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att873.5
- P80.9
- EM5+88%
- Absence4.2%
2.7 miles away
Onslow St Audrey's School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Hatfield · AL10 8AB · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att836.6
- P8-0.4
- EM5+27%
- Absence12.0%
2.8 miles away
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
Ofsted: School remains OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Hatfield · AL10 8NL · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att856.7
- P80.4
- EM5+64%
- Absence7.5%
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Megan Hubbard
- Telephone
- 01707650702