Dame Alice Owen’s School is a secondary day school for boys and girls aged 11-18. Originally founded in 1613, we are Voluntary Aided in status and admit children across the ability range. 65 children per year out of the available 200 places, however, are selected according to aptitude and ability as determined by the Governors’ Entrance Examination and an additional 10 places are selected by Music Aptitude tests.
Applications are welcome from parents whose children are likely to make a full and committed contribution to the extra-curricular life of the school, and to benefit from the extensive additional facilities and opportunities provided by the Dame Alice Owen Foundation. Our Governors are legally responsible for admissions to the school, and offers of places are approved by our Governors’ Admissions Committee. Governors are fully committed to maintaining our family focus with the sibling criterion, whilst retaining partial selection and musical aptitude.
Friday 1st March – National Allocation Day – Your home Local Authority will contact you with details of your allocated school.
Monday 4th March – The school will email all successful applicants and those waiting for a place. If you have not received an email by Tuesday 5th March please check your junk folder before emailing the Admissions Office.
Allocation of places
MOVEMENT ON LISTS
Academic Places have been offered up to and including ranked position number 98
Music Places have been offered up to and including ranked position number 12
Distance Criterion 2/7– the furthest home-school distance we have been able to allocate a place to is 391.43 metres from the address point for the school.
Movement on the academic, music and distance lists will be regularly updated on this page. You should use this as your first point of reference – please do not contact the Admissions Office for this information – this will enable them to deal with priority calls during this busy time.
Please refer to our Key Dates page for timetabled dates of future offers
CONTINUING INTEREST
This process is explained in the email you received and can also be found here.
Please refer to our Key Dates for a list of all relevant dates.
Test Registration opens on 2nd May and closes on 11th June 2024
If you are interested in applying under our musical aptitude or academic criteria your child will need to sit assessment tests. Please complete The Test Registration Form (TRF) which will be open during the dates set out above.
Before registering you should:-
Please note we are unable to accept test registration requests after the published date of 11th June 2024.
Our Verbal Reasoning paper is produced by GL Assessment and our English and Maths tests are set in house. Familiarisation papers for all tests can be accessed here.
Familiarisation papers for the Verbal Reasoning, English and Maths tests can be found here.
The information below is intended to give you further information about the School and the Admissions process.
Admission Arrangements | Key Dates | Familiarisation Papers |
Results | Entrance Exam Information | EHCP Applications |
Access Arrangements | Music Test Information |
Dame Alice Owen’s School
Dugdale Hill Lane
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
EN6 2DU
01707 643441
[email protected]
Mon – Fri 8:00A.M. – 5:00P.M.