Roding Valley High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Loughton, Essex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Essex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Roding Valley High School is a secondary school in Loughton, Essex for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2022. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Roding Valley High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 222 first-choice applications for 244 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 34th lowest of 75 Essex secondary schools.
- In the 2026 Year 7 round, 207 offers went to first-choice families and 15 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), ranking 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Essex.
- In 2024/25 the A level average grade was B- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was above average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Essex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Alderton Hill, Loughton, IG10 3JA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,473 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Roding Valley High School.”
- “From the time they arrive in Year 7, to when they leave the sixth form, they respond to leaders’ high expectations.”
- “Parents are positive about the education the school provides.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, teachers do not check as thoroughly as they might that pupils understand what they learn.”
- “Teachers sometimes move on to new content when pupils are not secure about what has come before.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not do as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 222 first-preference applications, 244 offers in total, 207 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- Debden Park High School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Davenant Foundation School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- West Hatch High School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Epping St John's Church of England School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow 7.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Sir Frederick Gibberd College 8.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Passmores Academy 8.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published