Valley Park School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Maidstone, ME14 5DT
- Distance
- 0.4km away
School of Science and Technology Maidstone
New Cut Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GQ
Local ranking60th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 71.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 190
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 953
- Boys
- 611 (64%)
- Girls
- 342 (36%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (79% full)
- SEND
- 23.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.0%
- EAL
- 11.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.2%
- SEN Support
- 19.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,163/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 77.6%
- White Other: 8.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.8%
- Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.9%
77.6%
White British
8.0%
White Other
3.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 144716
- UKPRN
- 10086463
- Establishment No.
- 4019
- Trust
- VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST
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