Debden Park High School
Willingale Road, Debden, Loughton, IG10 2BQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Head of School
- Dr Andrew Hogan
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Kemnal Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,120
- Pupils on roll
- 1,046
- URN
- 136555
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085082979
About this school
Debden Park High School is a secondary academy in Loughton. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,046 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 171 | 174 | 179 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.4 | 48.4 | 48.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.24 -0.46 to -0.03 | +0.02 -0.19 to +0.24 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 44.8% | 50.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 73% | 73.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 15% | 21.8% | 17.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Debden Park High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44.4 | 43.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 48.4 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 48.3 | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,053 |
| 2023/24 | 1,065 |
| 2024/25 | 1,050 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Debden Park High School compares
Debden Park High School ranked 22nd of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 70% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48.3 | 8.9% | 26.8% | 1,046 | — |
| Davenant Foundation School | 56.7 | 6.7% | 10.2% | 1,199 | 0.6 miles |
| Roding Valley High School | 47.1 | 8.8% | 22.6% | 1,473 | 1.6 miles |
| Epping St John's Church of England School | 42.8 | 9.9% | 22.6% | 1,036 | 3.0 miles |
| West Hatch High School | 49.5 | 7.2% | 20.6% | 1,573 | 3.1 miles |
| Forest Academy | 42.2 | 6% | 31.1% | 749 | 3.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.77%
- English as an additional language
- 14.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.9%
- Persistent absence
- 27.39%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Davenant Foundation School0.6 miles
Secondary · Loughton
-
Roding Valley High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Loughton
-
Epping St John's Church of England School3.0 miles
Secondary · Epping
-
West Hatch High School3.1 miles
Secondary · Chigwell
-
Forest Academy3.3 miles
Secondary · Ilford
Other schools in Loughton
- Davenant Foundation School Secondary
- Roding Valley High School Secondary
- Hereward Primary School Primary
- High Beech CofE Primary School Primary
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Primary
- Staples Road Primary School Primary
- The Alderton Infant School and Nursery Primary
- The Alderton Junior School Primary
- Thomas Willingale Primary School and Nursery Primary
- White Bridge Primary School Primary
- Oak View School Academies
- Woodcroft School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Debden Park High School teach?
- Debden Park High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Loughton.
- Who is the head of school of Debden Park High School?
- The head of school of Debden Park High School is Dr Andrew Hogan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Debden Park High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Debden Park High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Debden Park High School?
- Debden Park High School has 1,046 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Debden Park High School full?
- Debden Park High School has capacity for 1,120 pupils and 1,046 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Debden Park High School a faith school?
- No. Debden Park High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Debden Park High School a selective school?
- No. Debden Park High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Debden Park High School?
- Debden Park High School is part of THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Debden Park High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.4 in 2022/23 and 48.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Debden Park High School rank locally?
- Debden Park High School ranked 22nd of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 70% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Debden Park High School's absence rate?
- Debden Park High School's overall absence rate is 8.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Debden Park High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Debden Park High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.