Valentines High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 57 57.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 57.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 70.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 30.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.91 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	59.3[6]	76.2%[6]
2023/24	59[4]	68.8%[4]	+0.91[4]
2022/23	57.1[7]	70%[7]	+0.98[7]
2021/22	60.5[8]	73%[8]	+0.52[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 11.4% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	B-[10]	13.3%[10]
2022/23	B-[11]	10.5%[11]
2021/22	B-[12]	14.2%[12]
2018/19	C+[13]	13.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 80% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 12% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	97%[15]	83%[15]	2%[15]	10%[15]	1%[15]	1%[15]
2020/21	96%[16]	84%[16]	3%[16]	7%[16]	0%[16]	1%[16]
2019/20	97%[17]	80%[17]	3%[17]	11%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	98%[18]	79%[18]	4%[18]	14%[18]	0%[18]	1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 80% 2022/23[19]
Education: 80% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 5% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	88%[20]	73%[20]	74%[20]	6%[20]	8%[20]
2020/21	92%[21]	80%[21]	81%[21]	3%[21]	8%[21]
2019/20	85%[22]	77%[22]	80%[22]	2%[22]	3%[22]
2018/19	88%[23]	75%[23]	76%[23]	2%[23]	10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 80% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 24% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 29% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	90%[26]	25%[26]
2019/20	92%[25]	33%[25]	29%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	88%[27]	28%[27]	26%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	84%[28]	24%[28]	22%[28]	2%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 17 Mar 2026[29]
Type: S5 Inspection[29]
Report published: 11 May 2026[29]
Inclusion: Exceptional[29]
Achievement: Exceptional[29]
Safeguarding standards: Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour: Exceptional[29]
Leadership and governance: Exceptional[29]
Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable): Strong standard[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
5 Oct 2021[30]	S5 Inspection[30]	Outstanding[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 7.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 1236 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 280 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 171 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 1.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	1313[31]	290[31]	170[31]	7.7[31]	1.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024	1502[31]	366[31]	172[31]	8.7[31]	2.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023	1328[31]	284[31]	178[31]	7.5[31]	1.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022	1355[31]	259[31]	177[31]	7.7[31]	1.5[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Community school[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1288[1]
Local authority: Redbridge[1]
Website: http://www.valentines-sch.org.uk/[1]
District: Redbridge [32]
Postcode: IG2 6HX[1]
URN: 102857[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1329 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 43.1% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 5.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 4.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 25.1% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 9.1%[34]
Mixed: 5.9%[34]
Asian: 78%[34]
Black: 4.9%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 1.6%[34]
Unclassified: 0.4%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

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