Debden Park High School, Loughton

In 2026, pupils at Debden Park High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.5 in Essex and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Essex and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 48.3.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.02: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 39.9, against 51 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 184 families put Debden Park High School as their first choice and 584 named it as one of their preferences, for 179 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 25 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Debden Park High School are Davenant Foundation School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.9); Roding Valley High School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.2); Epping St John's Church of England School (3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.6); and West Hatch High School (3.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51).

Debden Park High School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Debden Park High School is one of 45 schools run by The Kemnal Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.2 in 2024/25.

101 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Debden Park High School (as of September 2025): 82% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (90%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (63%).

Of the 174 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 43% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 104 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 56% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 20% into work. 14% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

The nearest Underground station is Debden Underground Station, about 1070 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Goldingham Avenue (adjacent), 280 metres away.

In 2024/25, Debden Park High School issued 111 suspensions, 10.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Debden Park High School are St John Fisher Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Thomas Willingale Primary School and Nursery (0.4 miles), Hereward Primary School (0.4 miles) and The Alderton Junior School (1.2 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.