The anti-bullying alliance recently shared our fabulous anti-bullying video which has now gone viral with over 140k views! The video is set to be used as a teaching tool in other schools next academic year to help young people think about the language they use. @antibullyingallianceRead More
Our A level artists recently visited the beautiful metropolitan city of Madrid in search of inspiration for their respective themes, Contrast and Union. We were fortunate enough to view some of Spain’s most famous paintings including Picasso’s Guernica in the The Reina Sofia, one of the three golden triangle of Museums including The Thyssen-Bornemisza and...Read More
Dame Alice Owen’s School is considered the happiest secondary school in Potters Bar, Welwyn and Hatfield according to a recent table of the ‘Happiest schools ranked by Ofsted’ compiled by The Sunday Times, with 97% of parents saying their child was happy here!Read More
Last week, students and staff at Dame Alice Owen’s School were featured in an exciting segment on The One Show. The feature highlighted the school’s involvement in the Bootstrap study, an international research project exploring how mobile phone use affects young people’s mental health. It was an incredible opportunity for some of our students to...Read More
A group of year 13 Spanish students recently went on a trip to Granada. They took part in intensive, daily Spanish lessons that really tested their resilience – they threw themselves into it with great enthusiasm! Visits to the Alhambra Palace and beautiful Albaycín created unique memories for life. The visit to the town of...Read More
On Tuesday 7th January, a group of our students had the exciting opportunity to represent the school on BBC 5 Live. Nico S (Year 9), Safa H (Year 8), Anya A (Year 8), Thomas S (Year 9), and Stanley M (Year 9) took part in an interview that highlighted their insightful perspectives on the impact...Read More
We have been chosen, by The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2025, to be the Comprehensive School of the Year 2025 (Southeast) alongside St Andrew’s Catholic School, Surrey. Widely acknowledged as the most authoritative survey of the country’s top schools, the guide places Dame Alice Owen’s School as the highest performing non fully selective school...Read More
We had a fantastic time at Biology In Action lecture day with 60 Owen’s A-Level biologists. There were many inspiring speakers including Sarah Cosgroff who convinced us of the importance of Physics! Nessa Carey who brilliantly conveyed her message about Epigenetics being so interesting and important for the future. Tim Underwood who showed us the...Read More
The Senior Student Team and the House Captains launched this year’s house competition with the first annual Great Keg Carry. Teams of Year 7s, 12s and 13s took part in a lunchtime Beer Keg rolling relay race to see which house was to be named the King of the Keg 2024! And the winner is…...Read More
We celebrated an impressive victory at a recent golf competition against Aldenham School at Old Fold Manor Golf Club to retain the Morkill Cup. This is a triangular match organised by the Brewers; the Brewers who played were very complimentary about our players’ conduct and maturity, as well their excellent golf. In other golfing news,...Read More
