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%
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 152099
Gracewood Academy
Academy converter · Potters Bar · EN6 1EZ
Ages 11–18 · 420 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2022-11-02
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill39%
420 pupils · 1,082 places
- Pupils on roll
- 420
- Boys / girls
- 229 / 191
- School capacity
- 1,082
- Capacity fill
- 420 / 1,082 (39%)
- Free school meals
- 29%
- FSM pupils
- 114
- 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
- Governance
- Academy trust: FUTURE ACADEMIES
- Academy trust
- FUTURE ACADEMIES
- Sponsor
- Future Academies
- Headteacher
- Ms Georgina Charles
Location
- Address
- Church Road, Rothwell
- Postcode
- EN6 1EZ
- 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, 420 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy. Free school meals: 29%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Chancellor's School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Hatfield · AL9 7BN · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att852.9
- P80.3
- EM5+57%
- Absence8.7%
1.7 miles away
Other independent school
Potters Bar · EN6 1LW · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–13
0.2 miles away
Little Heath Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFoundation school · Primary
Potters Bar · EN6 1JW · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS255%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM19.1%
- Demand0.76
0.4 miles away
Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Potters Bar · EN6 1QB · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS262%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM18.8%
- Demand1.30
0.5 miles away
Other independent special school
Potters Bar · EN6 1BB · Shropshire
Ages 8–18
0.5 miles away
Other independent special school
Potters Bar · EN6 1AG · North Yorkshire
Ages 11–18
0.5 miles away
Other independent special school
Potters Bar · EN6 1AG · Walsall
Ages 7–16
0.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Georgina Charles
- Telephone
- 01707655512