Fundraising Weekend: Celebrating our past, securing our future On 6-8 March, the whole school community came together and accomplished something magnificent for our young people as we raised over £440,000! An enormous thank you to all of you who donated, to our champions and to those who encouraged family and friends to support us. We...Read More
On Tuesday 3 March Dame Alice Owen’s School headed to the South Bank in London to take over the thrilling venue of the Royal Festival Hall for a remarkable celebration of the school’s 50 years in PottersBar. The performances brought together 450 performers from Owen’s students past and present. The striking opening of Carl Orff’s...Read More
We were delighted to welcome alumni and their families back to school for a special Open Morning on 8th February. It was wonderful to see so many former students of all ages return, with some visiting the school for the first time since they left. Guests enjoyed the opportunity to walk around the school, hear...Read More
We held a fabulously festive Christmas Market at lunchtime with students setting up stalls and selling a range of gifts and goodies including homemade jewellery, sweet treats, handmade crochet items and hot chocolate! These entrepreneurial students are taking part in our ‘Starter for 10′ fundraiser where they have up to 5 months to raise as...Read More
We have just been crowned Comprehensive School of the Year for Academic Excellence AND Comprehensive School of the Year in the Southeast! We are immensely proud to celebrate yet another amazing achievement for our school. We have been recognised by The Sunday Times with not one, but two highly prestigious accolades in their annual, “Parent...Read More
Dame Alice Owen’s School is delighted to announce yet another magnificent set of GCSE examination results. This year, 29% of all grades were awarded at grade 9, with a further 24% at grade 8. In total, an amazing 72% of results were grades 9–7. We are also proud that 94% of our students achieved at...Read More
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
