Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 13 January 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 28 September 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry532 applications · 185 places offered · 212 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.9; Essex median median 2.8
- 2025 2.8; Essex median median 2.7
- 2024 3.1; Essex median median 2.8
- 2023 3.1; Essex median median 2.7
- 2022 3.2; Essex median median 2.7
- 2021 3.3; Essex median median 2.6
- 2020 3.7; Essex median median 2.8
- 2019 3.7; Essex median median 2.7
- 2018 3.9; Essex median median 2.6
- 2017 3.9; Essex median median 2.7
- 2016 3.8; Essex median median 2.6
- 2015 3.9; Essex median median 2.5
- 2014 3.7; Essex median median 2.6
- This school
- Essex median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 185 | 532 | 2.9 | 212 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2025 | 177 | 500 | 2.8 | 183 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 178 | 544 | 3.1 | 206 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2023 | 175 | 534 | 3.1 | 217 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2022 | 173 | 555 | 3.2 | 209 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2021 | 170 | 563 | 3.3 | 236 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2020 | 175 | 640 | 3.7 | 252 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2019 | 175 | 652 | 3.7 | 262 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2018 | 169 | 664 | 3.9 | 253 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2017 | 162 | 628 | 3.9 | 198 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2016 | 157 | 598 | 3.8 | 219 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2015 | 160 | 624 | 3.9 | 259 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2014 | 146 | 542 | 3.7 | 177 | 1.21 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 180 | 54.9 | 68% | 81% | – |
| 2024/25 | 183 | 56.7 | 68% | 84% | – |
| 2023/24 | 181 | 55.4 | 68% | 82% | +0.47 |
| 2022/23 | 179 | 56.6 | 64% | 83% | +0.48 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Davenant Foundation SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.9applications per place 54.9Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20253.3applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · EssexGood20222.6applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Essex20262.3applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Essex20260.9applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · EssexRemains Good20233.2applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · RedbridgeGood20231.4applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · Waltham ForestRemains Good20243.3applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · RedbridgeGood20232.9applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136625 · 881/5426
- Trust
- Davenant Foundation School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,170 pupils · 1,199 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Davenant Foundation School (URN 115342)
- Address
- Chester Road, Loughton, IG10 2LD
- Local authority
- Essex · Epping Forest
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources