Secondary
Valentines High School
Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG2 6HX
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1357 of 1288 places
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Sixth form
- Yes
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementExceptional
- Attendance and behaviourExceptional
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- InclusionExceptional
- Leadership and governanceExceptional
- Sixth formStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
October 2021
Previous framework
Outstanding
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
GCSE results
76%
59.3
2nd of 9 by our score, among the secondary schools in Ilford we can score - 11 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 59.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.48 |
| Entered the EBacc | 54% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 85% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 76% |
| A level average points per entry | 36.24 |
| A level students | 183 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 73% |
| 22/23 | 70% |
| 23/24 | 69% |
| 24/25 | 76% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.3 |
| 22/23 | 35.7 |
| 23/24 | 36.0 |
| 24/25 | 36.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.52 |
| 22/23 | +0.98 |
| 23/24 | +0.91 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 60.5 |
| 22/23 | 57.1 |
| 23/24 | 59.0 |
| 24/25 | 59.3 |
Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG2 6HX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Redbridge admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Richard Laws
- Address
- Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG2 6HX
- Telephone
- 02085543608