Dame Alice Owen's School
Secondary schoolDame Alice Owen's School is a secondary school in Hertsmere, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,467 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), December 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 December 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Dame Alice Owen's School was 73.6, against 50.7 in Hertsmere and 46.2 in England.
91.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Hertsmere | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 73.6 | 50.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 91.4% | 54.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 95.9% | 71.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 197 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Pope Paul Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022600 m
- The Wroxham SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Cranborne Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Chase House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.3 km
- The Orchard SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.3 km
- Fenton Grange SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Hertsmere
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).