Roding Valley High School is a co-educational

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and

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located in Loughton,

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, England, founded in September 1989 by the merger of three schools.

History

Its site formerly housed Loughton County High School for Girls, and the other two schools were

Buckhurst Hill County High School Buckhurst Hill County High School, BHCHS, (1938–1989) was a secondary school in Chigwell, Essex. History It opened on 15 September 1938. It was near to RAF Chigwell and the River Roding. In 1953 there were 549 boys and the staff consisted o ...

(for boys) and Epping Forest High School (itself formerly the Lucton school). The school was awarded "Healthy School" status in 2007. The school has more than 1,200 students. and has been rated Good with Outstanding Features in the latest

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report. In September 2015, the school opened the Epping Forest Sixth Form which is listed for 16-18's within the school. Previously a community school administered by Essex County Council, in June 2018 Roding Valley High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.

Staff

On 28 March 2017, it was announced that the headteacher, James Luck, had resigned via an email to the parents from the chair of governors, Paul Wershof. Sharon Jenner remains Head of School in the interim until a permanent Headteacher is in place, with Paul Banks being the Executive Head. James Luck joined the school in 2014. He replaced Paul Banks who left the school after 5 years. Prior to Paul Banks, the head teacher was Geoff Mangan who was in the post for many years.

References

External links

School website
Secondary schools in Essex Academies in Essex Loughton {{Essex-school-stub