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Debden Park High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Willingale Road, Debden, Loughton IG10 2BQ · debden-tkat.org · 020 8508 2979

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
48.3
average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,046
93% of 1,120 places
Local authority
Essex
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
19.6%
First language not English
16.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Kemnal Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 184 families put the school first and 179 places were offered; 86% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 203 (Places 179)203September 2023: 176 (Places 174)176September 2024: 225 (Places 178)225September 2025: 183 (Places 180)183September 2026: 184 (Places 179)184Places 179
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261791841▲86%
September 2025Sept 20251801831▲89%
September 2024Sept 20241782251.3▲76%
September 2023Sept 20231741761▲88%
September 2022Sept 20221792031.1▲82%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.3, and 50.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (32.1 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 47.6 (England 46.3)47.62017/18: 47.2 (England 46.5)47.22018/19: 46.6 (England 46.7)46.62021/22: 49.0 (England 48.8)49.02022/23: 44.4 (England 46.3)44.42023/24: 48.4 (England 45.9)48.42024/25: 48.3 (England 46.0)48.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲48.346.0
▲50.3%45.4%
▲73.7%64.8%
▼17.3%40.5%
●4.064.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form42−4.6
Further education43.1+6.3
Other education0.6−0.5
Apprenticeship3.4−1.2
Employment2.9+1.2
Not in a lasting destination5.7−1.2
Activity not captured2.3+1.2

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published16/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 28.3 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 31.8 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 30.0 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 35.1 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 34.6 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 33.0 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 32.1 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
84 studentsC+ (32.1)Average -0.09
84 studentsC (31.4)Below average -0.14
7 studentsDist (35)Average +0.51
7.8%AAB or better
97.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2495C+ (33)+0.17
2022/2376C+ (34.6)—
2021/2283B- (35.1)—
2018/1969C (30)-0.32
2017/1864C+ (31.8)+0.07
2016/1739C- (28.3)-0.14

Where sixth-form leavers went

2016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University55.8+2.9
Further and other education7.7—
Further education5.8—
Other education1.9—
Apprenticeship6.7+4.4
Employment20.2−9.7
Not in a lasting destination6.7−1.3
Activity not captured2.9−4

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Debden Park High School on 25 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
25 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2017Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • May 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding

What parents said

82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (101 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
82%
Replies
101
10% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼83% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●90% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼80% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲87% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼82% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●82% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼76% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼70% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly●76% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲52% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 42% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲74% agreeEngland 67%

based on 30 parents (30%) with SEND

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