# Dame Alice Owen's School

Dame 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.

Secondary school. Code E136554. [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,467
- Council: Hertsmere
- URN: 136554

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Pope Paul Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pope-paul-catholic-primary-school-e151984): 600 m. Primary. School remains Good, September 2022
- [The Wroxham School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-wroxham-school-e138215): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), June 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Cranborne Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cranborne-primary-school-e117369): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Chase House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chase-house-school-e140273): 1.3 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [The Orchard School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-orchard-school-e145293): 1.3 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Fenton Grange School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fenton-grange-school-e145241): 1.3 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136554)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/136554)

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