Application Information

Please refer to our Key Dates for all important dates and deadlines—including Secondary Transfer 2026 and 2027. For other queries, check our comprehensive FAQs before contacting the Admissions Office, so we can prioritise calls.

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.

 

 

Please refer to our  Key Dates for a full list of admissions deadlines.

Tuesday 3rd March – Notification from Dame Alice Owen’s School

The school has emailed all  successful applicants and those on the waiting list with further details. 

•  If you have not received an email  please check your junk folder before contacting us. 

List Updates

Current Allocation Information (as of 2nd March).

This information will be updated on 27 March to reflect any changes following the first-round offers made by Local Authorities.

• Academic Places:  Offered up to and including ranked position number 107
• Music Places:  Offered up to and including ranked position number 12
• Distance Criterion 2– Furthest allocated home-school distance is 337.90  metres from the school’s address point.

 

Further admissions round dates can be found on our Key Dates page.

 

SECONDARY TRANSFER APPLICATION INFORMATION

• Our Verbal Reasoning paper is produced by GL Assessment
• Our English and Maths tests are set in-house by our school.
• Familiarisation papers to help your child prepare for our tests are available here

Please note: We are not part of the South West Herts Consortium, our tests are unique to our school.

The information below provides 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	Islington Applicants