UK Schools
Roding Valley High School
Roding Valley High School is a mixed secondary academy in Loughton, Essex County Council, teaching 1,473 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in September 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 47.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 20 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Roding Valley High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Roding Valley High School.
- 1 School Closure
- 1 Autumn Term Starts
- 2 School Closure
- 24 School Closure
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 28 School Closure
- 1 School Closure
- 19 Autumn Term Ends
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Spring Term Starts
- 5 School Closure
- 23 School Closure
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23 School Closure
- 27 Spring Term Ends
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Summer Term Starts
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 26–29 Summer Half Term
- 20 Summer Term Ends
- 20 School Closure
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- School Closure Sep 1, 2025 Event
- School Closure Sep 2, 2025 Event
- Autumn Term Starts Sep 1, 2025 Term
- School Closure Oct 24, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- School Closure Nov 28, 2025 Event
- School Closure Dec 1, 2025 Event
- Autumn Term Ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Starts Jan 5, 2026 Term
- School Closure Jan 5, 2026 Event
- School Closure Jan 23, 2026 Event
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School Closure Feb 23, 2026 Event
- Spring Term Ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Starts Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term May 26-29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Ends Jul 20, 2026 Term
- School Closure Jul 20, 2026 Event
- Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Roding Valley High School with Essex County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 47.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Essex County Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 37.97 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Essex County Council England
Attendance 25.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Essex County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Essex County Council England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 87% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
This school Essex County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Roding Valley High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Roding Valley High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.