Teacher of English

Welcome to our school

Welcome to Roding Valley High School. I am incredibly proud to be responsible for the leadership of this fantastic school. If you want to get to know some of my wonderful team, then please click here.

The school was inspected by Ofsted in September 2022, and to quote the Lead Inspector, ‘This is a very good school with an outstanding Sixth Form’.

In the Summer of 2022, Summer 2023, & 2024 we were delighted with our students' grades.  We are delighted with the improvements the school has experienced, and these outcomes are a testament to the sheer commitment and hard work of all staff and students. If you want to see more about student outcomes, then click here.

The school has signed up to the Education Wellbeing Charter. Specifically, Specifically, at Roding Valley, we commit to developing a long-term strategy for improving staff well-being that will:

• Prioritise staff mental health
• Give staff the support they need to take responsibility for their own and other people’s wellbeing.
• Give managers access to the tools and resources they need to support the well-being of those they line manage.
• Maintain a clear communications policy
• Continue to give staff a voice in decision-making
• Drive down the unnecessary workload
• Champion flexible working and diversity
• Maintain and support a good behaviour culture
• Support staff to progress in their careers
• Include a sub-strategy for protecting leader's well-being and mental health
• Hold ourselves accountable, including staff wellbeing.

Visitors always comment on the warm and welcoming atmosphere, the politeness of our students and how highly they speak of their school – this is a testament to the school’s success, and it is safe, caring and inclusive culture. We take safeguarding very seriously and recognise that everyone in the school community plays a role in keeping children safe.

The school has developed its own successful, bespoke Teaching and Learning framework: ACED. Our ACED framework allows for teacher creativity, but still gives us those all important routines that lead to success in our classrooms. Please click here to read more about this. 

Our curriculum is planned to aid the progression of knowledge and skills in each subject to ensure that our students are equipped with the tools to be successful at every stage of their 7-year school journey, including GCSE, A-Level and beyond. We offer a full complement of subjects through Key Stage 3, which will equip students with the skills to make informed GCSE choices and move on to post-16. Students study a broad range of subjects until they focus on their chosen GCSE subjects from Year 10. Our Sixth Form is now established and offers a wide range of A-Level and vocational courses, along with a newly formed partnership with Chelsea Football Club. 

Our pastoral systems are excellent; we nurture, reward and sanction as appropriate. We have also enhanced our Personal Development Programme. This is a progressive curriculum interwoven into the school. The school is enhanced by our House System, which supports healthy competition, and encourages student voice and collaboration across the age ranges. We use student leadership to support our highly effective transition programme at both Year 7 and Year 12. Our specially trained ‘YES’ Prefects and our in lesson Sixth Form mentors help support where needed. This year the school ran a summer school which proved to be excellent support for the students transitioning from primary to secondary.

Dan Charlton

Headteacher