Gracewood Academy
Church Road, Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ
420 pupils · 39% of 1,082 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- FUTURE ACADEMIES
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29%
Ofsted
Requires improvement (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 2 November 2022, published 13 December 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.29 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 108 | 31 | 110 | 59 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Dame Alice Owen's School 2.1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Chancellor's School 2.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- JCoSS 5.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet 5.6 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School 5.8 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Ark Pioneer Academy 6.3 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.