Valley Park School | |
Coordinates: | 51.275°N 0.5362°W |
Type: | Academy |
Head Label: | Headteacher |
Head: | D Jones |
Chair Label: | Chair of Governors |
Chair: | Nick Baster |
Specialist: | Arts College |
Address: | Huntsman Lane |
City: | Maidstone |
County: | Kent |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Postcode: | ME14 5DT |
Local Authority: | Kent |
Ofsted: | yes |
Urn: | 136581 |
Staff: | 143 |
Enrolment: | 1658 |
Gender: | Co-educational |
Lower Age: | 11 |
Upper Age: | 18 |
Colours: | 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.
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.
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]