Valley Park School
Address
Huntsman Lane

Maidstone
,
Kent
,
ME14 5DT

United Kingdom
Coordinates51°16′30″N 0°32′10″E / 51.27502°N 0.53616°E / 51.27502; 0.53616
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityKent
SpecialistArts College
Department for Education URN136581 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsMr Nick Baster
HeadteacherMr D Jones
Staff143
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1658
Colour(s)Green & White
Websitehttp://www.valleypark.viat.org.uk

Valley Park School is an academy school in Maidstone, Kent, England. The school caters for girls and boys between the ages of 11 and 18.

Valley Park became a specialist Arts College in July 2007.[1] It also has the Artsmark Gold award.[2]

Valley Park holds many activities for students e.g. focus days, trips to foreign countries and the best young farmers club in Kent. The school offers a wide range of subjects including English, Maths, History, Science, Music, P.E., Drama, D.T., I.C.T, Art, R.E., Geography, Business Studies, Modern Languages and Agriculture.

Buildings

Results

The school's GCSE results are average for a secondary school, with 89% of students achieving 5 A*-C grades, with 41% 5A*-C including English and Maths.[3] Valley Park is in the top 5% of schools nationally for Contextual Value Added with a score of 1047.9[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Valley Park Community School". Ofsted. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Telegraph.co.uk: 2009 KS4 School League Tables". Schools.tmg.daltonfirth.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Education | League Tables | Performance results for Valley Park Community School". BBC News. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
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