Gracewood Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Potters Bar · EN6 1EZ · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- FSM29.0%
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 136554
Dame Alice Owen's School
Academy converter · Potters Bar · EN6 2DU
Ages 11–18 · 1,467 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Outstanding
Attainment 8
73.5
Overall absence
4.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-12-05
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.92
−20+2
Attainment 873.5
English & maths grade 5+88%
English & maths grade 4+93%
EBacc entry77%
EBacc APS: 7.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.2%
Unauthorised0.3%
- Authorised absence
- 3.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,017
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill104%
1,467 pupils · 1,416 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,467
- Boys / girls
- 719 / 748
- School capacity
- 1,416
- Capacity fill
- 1,467 / 1,416 (104%)
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
- FSM pupils
- 43
- 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: DAME ALICE OWEN'S SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- DAME ALICE OWEN'S SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Nemko
Location
- Address
- Dugdale Hill Lane
- Postcode
- EN6 2DU
- Town
- Potters Bar
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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 Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, 1,467 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 4.3%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Barnet · EN5 4DQ · Barnet
Ages 11–18
- Att886.6
- P81.2
- EM5+100%
- Absence3.3%
2.4 miles away
Chancellor's School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Hatfield · AL9 7BN · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att852.9
- P80.3
- EM5+57%
- Absence8.7%
2.7 miles away
Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School
Ofsted: Strong standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Barnet · EN5 5RR · Barnet
Ages 11–18
- Att859.6
- P80.7
- EM5+71%
- Absence7.4%
2.7 miles away
JCoSS
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary aided school · Secondary
New Barnet · EN4 9GE · Barnet
Ages 11–19
- Att861.1
- P81.0
- EM5+80%
- Absence7.2%
2.9 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Nemko
- Telephone
- 01707643441