Debden Park High School

In March 2025, Debden Park High School’s Sixth Form was recognised by Ofsted as ‘Outstanding’, alongside the school securing 3 of the 5 Ofsted judgements as ‘Outstanding’. We were especially  delighted the Inspectors recognised that ambition for our students is at the heart of everything we do. We know we have a consistent focus on learning and academic drive which means our students go on to achieve incredible results; we equally ensure we have a consistent focus on ‘Be Your Own Future’ which allows students to go on to incredible destinations. Consequently, we are certain that at our Sixth Form, students flourish and go on to flourish in their future lives. 

Our curriculum is student-centred and we aim for their education to be inspiring, stimulating and challenging.  Our staff are appointed for their passion, their  enthusiasm and their imagination in communicating  with children to ensure that every single child in their  classes is engaged, excited and challenged by the  learning experience at all times. As Ofsted reported, our teachers are not only “dedicated” but equally have “strong subject knowledge”, and these teachers are diligent in providing “detailed feedback on how students can improve their work further” (Ofsted, 2025).

Our vision is to empower students so that they are  able to take control of their own future and have  enhanced life chances as a result of learning with us. And we don’t leave any of this to chance: as Ofsted noted, “students in the Sixth Form receive exceptional support” (Ofsted, 2025). So we are not only academically ambitious for our students, but we are equally focussed on developing their character as they mature into impressive, well-balanced young people who genuinely ‘stand out’. To that end, the curriculum offer is broad, there are numerous opportunities for personal development through our ‘Be Your Own Future’ drive, and an expectation students embrace this, and there is a relentless focus on students finding and securing ambitious futures in whatever it is that inspires them. The consequence of this is clear: sixth form students at Debden Park “are passionate about their personal and academic aspirations and model these positive attitudes by actively guiding younger pupils.” (Ofsted, 2025)

In short, we are  unapologetically ambitious for our students, and in turn expect them to be incredibly ambitious for themselves  and their futures. 

Andrew Hogan             Helen Gascoyne 

Head of School              Executive Head