Valley Park School

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Valley Park School
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Valley Park School
Huntsman Lane

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ME14 5DT

Coordinates 51°16′30″N0°32′10″E / 51.27502°N 0.53616°E / 51.27502; 0.53616
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Type Academy
Local authority Kent
Specialist Arts College
Department for Education URN 136581 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsNick Baster
HeadteacherD Jones
Staff143
GenderCo-educational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1658
Colour(s)Green & White
Website http://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.

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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.

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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]

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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.