Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry110 applications · 108 places offered · 31 named it first
- 2026 1.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 1.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2024 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2023 1.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2022 1.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2021 1.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2019 1.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as Mount Grace School (URN 137224), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 108 | 110 | 1.0 | 31 | 0.29 |
| Sep 2025 * | 113 | 152 | 1.4 | 53 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2024 * | 120 | 183 | 1.5 | 56 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2023 * | 108 | 175 | 1.6 | 47 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2022 * | 123 | 175 | 1.4 | 54 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2021 * | 109 | 174 | 1.6 | 44 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2020 * | 127 | 193 | 1.5 | 65 | 0.51 |
| Sep 2019 * | 130 | 184 | 1.4 | 51 | 0.39 |
| Sep 2018 * | 119 | 208 | 1.8 | 56 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2017 * | 147 | 275 | 1.9 | 73 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2016 * | 142 | 262 | 1.9 | 70 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2015 * | 119 | 267 | 2.2 | 74 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2014 * | 138 | 295 | 2.1 | 83 | 0.60 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Gracewood AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20221.0applications per place
- 2.1 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20234.0applications per place 73.6Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20233.1applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · BarnetGood20224.4applications per place 61.0Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · Barnet20264.0applications per place 87.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.8 km · Barnet20263.0applications per place 61.2Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · BarnetOutstanding20235.1applications per place 53.8Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · HertfordshireGood20231.3applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · HertfordshireRemains Outstanding20223.0applications per place 54.5Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 152099 · 919/4040
- Trust
- Future Academies
- Capacity
- 1,082 pupils · 420 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2025
- Replaced
- Mount Grace School (URN 137224)
- Address
- Church Road, Rothwell, Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Hertsmere
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources