Davenant Foundation School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Essex council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Essex's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 212 families put this school as their first choice, and 185 places were offered. 173 of the families who put it first got a place (82%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 13 January 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Strong standard

Achievement

Strong standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Sixth form

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Strong standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 28 September 2021. Overall: Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1199 (capacity 1170)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

Academy trust

DAVENANT FOUNDATION SCHOOL

Phone

02085080404

Address

Chester Road, Loughton, IG10 2LD

Website

davenantschool.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports