 Ovens was educated at the Prep School for Monkton Combe School, an independent school for boys and girls up to the age of 13 in Combe Down, a village on the edge of Bath in Somerset.After Monkton Prep he went to Milton Abbey School, an independent day and boarding school in Milton Abbas, near Blandford Forum in Dorset.In 2008, Ovens joined Bath, enjoying a spell on loan to Bristol in the 2011 Aviva Championship season and returning to Bath for the start of the 2012 season.