Valley Park School
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| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Mr Vic Ashdown |
| Chair of Governors | Mrs Judi Taylor |
| Location |
Huntsman Lane Maidstone Kent ME14 5DT United Kingdom Coordinates: 51°16′30″N 0°32′10″E / 51.27502°N 0.53616°E |
| Local authority | Kent |
| DfE URN | 136581 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 143 |
| Students | 1055 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Green & Gold |
| Website |
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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
Valley Park comprises several buildings. A block includes mainly ICT and Technology rooms and Modern Foreign Languages, B block includes Science and Art rooms as well as the Hall. The Annexe building has 15 class rooms used for business, geography and also history. The Taylor Building is used for English and mathematics and the Gallery is used for the teaching of the Performing Arts. The school also has a separate gym building and an on-site farm. The farm is run by Andy Town and Gemma Claxton and it competes in the Kent County Show, and the Ashford Cattle Show most years.
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
- ↑ "Valley Park Community School". Ofsted. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ↑ http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/artsmark/local/media/downloads/Spreadsheet%20for%20website.xls
- ↑ "Telegraph.co.uk: 2009 KS4 School League Tables". Schools.tmg.daltonfirth.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ↑ "Education | League Tables | Performance results for Valley Park Community School". BBC News. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
