Academy · Hertfordshire

Gracewood Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Hertfordshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

2026/27

2027/28

See Hertfordshire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 31 families put this school as their first choice, and 108 places were offered. 31 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 2 November 2022. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Mount Grace School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Sixth form
Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type
Academy
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11–18
Pupils
420 (capacity 1082)
Gender
Mixed
Academy trust
FUTURE ACADEMIES
Phone
01707655512
Address
Church Road, Rothwell, Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ
Website
gracewood.futureacademies.org

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