Dame Alice Owen's School
Academy converter secondary school in Potters Bar (Hertfordshire).
Attainment 8
73.6
▲ 27.4 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
91.4%
▲ 45pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
96.0%
▲ 4pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
15.8
▼ 0.9 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
3.6%
▼ 24pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
10.0%
▼ 4pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
104%
1,467 / 1,416 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Outstanding
last graded, 2023
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In Hertfordshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 4% | joint 3,186th highest of 3,227 (2 schools have the same figure) | 78th highest of 78 |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 0.2% | joint 3,217th highest of 3,227 (4 schools have the same figure) | 78th highest of 78 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 1.6% | 3,014th highest of 3,226 | 74th highest of 78 |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 2.1 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 3.6% | joint 3,232nd highest of 3,258 (3 schools have the same figure) | 79th highest of 79 |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 13.3% | joint 2,585th highest of 3,257 (14 schools have the same figure) | joint 61st highest of 79 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 9.8% | joint 2,646th highest of 3,257 (21 schools have the same figure) | joint 65th highest of 79 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 3.5% | joint 1,530th highest of 3,257 (82 schools have the same figure) | joint 36th highest of 79 (4 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 94.4 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 117 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 12.8 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 15.8 | joint 2,528th highest of 3,200 (46 schools have the same figure) | 71st highest of 78 |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 11.6 | joint 1,774th highest of 3,200 (84 schools have the same figure) | joint 53rd highest of 78 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 10% | joint 2,262nd highest of 3,205 (22 schools have the same figure) | 54th highest of 78 |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2024/25 | 64.7% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2024/25 | 4.3 | - | - |
| Attainment 8 | 2025/26 | 73.6 | 78th highest of 3,136 | the highest of 75 |
| Progress 8 | 2023/24 | +0.92 | joint 104th highest of 3,032 (3 schools have the same figure) | 3rd highest of 74 |
| Grade 4+ in English and maths | 2025/26 | 95.9% | - | - |
| Grade 5+ in English and maths | 2025/26 | 91.4% | joint 117th highest of 3,136 (2 schools have the same figure) | the highest of 75 |
| Places | 2023/24 | 1,416 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 1,478 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 0% | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 05/12/2023 (school year 2023/24): Outstanding
- 07/05/2009 (school year 2008/09): Outstanding
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence4% 2024/25
This school
3.7%
2016/17
4.2%
2017/18
4%
2018/19
4.9%
2020/21
7.9%
2021/22
6.1%
2022/23
4.2%
2023/24
4%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence0.2% 2024/25
This school
0%
2016/17
0.1%
2017/18
0.2%
2018/19
0.1%
2020/21
0.3%
2021/22
0.4%
2022/23
0.3%
2023/24
0.2%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once1.6% 2024/25
This school
1.3%
2017/18
1.5%
2018/19
1.4%
2019/20
1.3%
2020/21
2%
2021/22
1.4%
2022/23
1.1%
2023/24
1.6%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils2.1 2024/25
This school
2.1
2017/18
2.4
2018/19
1.6
2019/20
1.7
2020/21
2.9
2021/22
1.9
2022/23
1.8
2023/24
2.1
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.07%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.00%
2022/23
0.00%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)3.6% 2025/26
This school
3%
2019/20
3.2%
2020/21
3.5%
2021/22
3.1%
2022/23
3.4%
2023/24
3.5%
2024/25
3.6%
2025/26
Any SEN13.3% 2025/26
This school
10.4%
2019/20
9.3%
2020/21
10.9%
2021/22
11.5%
2022/23
11.8%
2023/24
12.9%
2024/25
13.3%
2025/26
SEN support9.8% 2025/26
This school
9.1%
2019/20
7.9%
2020/21
9.2%
2021/22
9.5%
2022/23
9.4%
2023/24
9.9%
2024/25
9.8%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans3.5% 2025/26
This school
1.3%
2019/20
1.4%
2020/21
1.7%
2021/22
2%
2022/23
2.4%
2023/24
3%
2024/25
3.5%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)94.4 2024/25
This school
97.0
2017/18
92.0
2018/19
95.5
2019/20
95.6
2020/21
100.2
2021/22
98.4
2022/23
98.3
2023/24
94.4
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)117 2024/25
This school
118
2017/18
112
2018/19
114
2019/20
119
2020/21
124
2021/22
122
2022/23
121
2023/24
117
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)12.8 2024/25
This school
9.4
2017/18
11.5
2018/19
10.5
2019/20
12.0
2020/21
12.2
2021/22
13.2
2022/23
12.2
2023/24
12.8
2024/25
Pupils per teacher15.8 2024/25
This school
15.4
2017/18
15.9
2018/19
15.2
2019/20
15.5
2020/21
14.8
2021/22
15.0
2022/23
15.3
2023/24
15.8
2024/25
Pupils per adult11.6 2024/25
This school
11.8
2017/18
12.1
2018/19
11.6
2019/20
11.6
2020/21
11.0
2021/22
11.2
2022/23
11.5
2023/24
11.6
2024/25
Teacher turnover10% 2024/25
This school
10.5%
2017/18
5.3%
2018/19
8.4%
2019/20
12.1%
2020/21
9.1%
2021/22
10.9%
2022/23
9.4%
2023/24
10%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence64.7% 2024/25
This school
67.2%
2016/17
65.3%
2017/18
56%
2018/19
46%
2020/21
70.8%
2021/22
67.5%
2022/23
54.3%
2023/24
64.7%
2024/25
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)4.3 2024/25
This school
2.2
2016/17
2.3
2017/18
5.4
2018/19
3.4
2020/21
5.1
2021/22
4.0
2022/23
5.3
2023/24
4.3
2024/25
Results
iKey stage 2: pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Key stage 4: Attainment 8 (average points across eight subjects) and Progress 8. GCSE figures for 2025/26 are provisional (DfE, published 15 October 2026).Attainment 873.6 2025/26
This school
70.9
2016/17
73.8
2017/18
72.0
2018/19
75.8
2021/22
71.4
2022/23
73.5
2023/24
72.9
2024/25
73.6
2025/26
Progress 8+0.92 2023/24
+0.62
2016/17
+0.86
2017/18
+0.65
2018/19
+0.74
2021/22
+0.64
2022/23
+0.92
2023/24
Grade 4+ in English and maths95.9% 2025/26
This school
96%
2016/17
97%
2017/18
93%
2018/19
95%
2021/22
95.9%
2022/23
93.3%
2023/24
94.5%
2024/25
95.9%
2025/26
Grade 5+ in English and maths91.4% 2025/26
This school
83%
2016/17
92%
2017/18
86%
2018/19
90%
2021/22
89.7%
2022/23
88.1%
2023/24
87.5%
2024/25
91.4%
2025/26
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places1,416 2023/24
This school
1,416
2015/16
1,416
2016/17
1,416
2017/18
1,416
2018/19
1,416
2020/21
1,416
2021/22
1,416
2022/23
1,416
2023/24
Pupils1,478 2023/24
This school
1,471
2015/16
1,464
2016/17
1,453
2017/18
1,453
2018/19
1,446
2020/21
1,444
2021/22
1,448
2022/23
1,478
2023/24
Unfilled places0% 2023/24
This school
0%
2015/16
0%
2016/17
0%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
0%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
0%
2022/23
0%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 3.7% | 4.2% | 4% | - | 4.9% | 7.9% | 6.1% | 4.2% | 4% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | - | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 2.1% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 2% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.6% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 3% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.6% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 10.4% | 9.3% | 10.9% | 11.5% | 11.8% | 12.9% | 13.3% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 9.1% | 7.9% | 9.2% | 9.5% | 9.4% | 9.9% | 9.8% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 2% | 2.4% | 3% | 3.5% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 101.2 | 100.1 | 97.0 | 92.0 | 95.5 | 95.6 | 100.2 | 98.4 | 98.3 | 94.4 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 119 | 117 | 118 | 112 | 114 | 119 | 124 | 122 | 121 | 117 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 11.5 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 12.2 | 12.8 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 14.9 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 15.8 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.6 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 13% | 13.3% | 10.8% | 10.5% | 5.3% | 8.4% | 12.1% | 9.1% | 10.9% | 9.4% | 10% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 61.6% | 57.1% | 67.2% | 65.3% | 56% | - | 46% | 70.8% | 67.5% | 54.3% | 64.7% | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 5.4 | - | 3.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.3 | - |
| Attainment 8 | - | - | 70.9 | 73.8 | 72.0 | - | - | 75.8 | 71.4 | 73.5 | 72.9 | 73.6 |
| Progress 8 | - | - | +0.62 | +0.86 | +0.65 | - | - | +0.74 | +0.64 | +0.92 | - | - |
| Grade 4+ in English and maths | - | - | 96% | 97% | 93% | - | - | 95% | 95.9% | 93.3% | 94.5% | 95.9% |
| Grade 5+ in English and maths | - | - | 83% | 92% | 86% | - | - | 90% | 89.7% | 88.1% | 87.5% | 91.4% |
| Places | 1,416 | 1,416 | 1,416 | 1,416 | 1,416 | - | 1,416 | 1,416 | 1,416 | 1,416 | - | - |
| Pupils | 1,462 | 1,471 | 1,464 | 1,453 | 1,453 | - | 1,446 | 1,444 | 1,448 | 1,478 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded secondary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 4% | 2024/25 | Higher than 1% of schools | 3,195 |
| Unauthorised absence | 0.2% | 2024/25 | Higher than 0% of schools | 3,195 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 1.6% | 2024/25 | Higher than 7% of schools | 3,229 |
| Pupils per teacher | 15.8 | 2025/26 | Higher than 21% of schools | 3,251 |
| Pupils per adult | 11.7 | 2025/26 | Higher than 46% of schools | 3,251 |
| Teacher turnover | 10% | 2024/25 | Higher than 29% of schools | 3,208 |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 4.3 | 2024/25 | Higher than 34% of schools | 3,212 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 3.6% | 2025/26 | Higher than 1% of schools | 3,265 |
| Special educational needs | 13.3% | 2025/26 | Higher than 21% of schools | 3,264 |
| Education, health and care plans | 3.5% | 2025/26 | Higher than 51% of schools | 3,264 |
| English as an additional language | 7.1% | 2025/26 | Higher than 32% of schools | 3,265 |
| Pupils on roll | 1,467 | year not recorded | Higher than 85% of schools | 3,265 |
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