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Valley Park School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 42 41.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
41.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
33.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.60 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 37.6[6] 24.7%[6]
2023/24 39.2[4] 27.8%[4] -0.60[4]
2022/23 38.9[7] 26%[7] -0.42[7]
2021/22 42.4[8] 32%[8] -0.50[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
4.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D+[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 8.7%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 10.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
46% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
36% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[15] 49%[15] 0%[15] 33%[15] 4%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 55%[16] 0%[16] 31%[16] 4%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 60%[17] 0%[17] 27%[17] 4%[17] 5%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 62%[18] 28%[18] 4%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
Education
48% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
10% 2022/23[19]
Employment
33% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[20] 47%[20] 11%[20] 35%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 44%[21] 11%[21] 34%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 58%[22] 3%[22] 27%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 40%[23] 7%[23] 42%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
53% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
5% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
4% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 50%[26] 4%[26]
2019/20 62%[25] 8%[25] 4%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 49%[27] 5%[27] 3%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 51%[28] 2%[28] 2%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
28 Jan 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
10 Mar 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 Mar 2020[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
980 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
223 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
237 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 920[31] 205[31] 235[31] 3.9[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 870[31] 141[31] 238[31] 3.7[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1007[31] 221[31] 237[31] 4.2[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1023[31] 295[31] 269[31] 3.8[31] 1.1[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1157[1]
Trust
VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.valleypark.viat.org.uk/[1]
District
Maidstone[32]
Postcode
ME14 5DT[1]
URN
136581[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1595 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
20.3% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
11.8% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.9% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
72.9%[34]
Mixed
8.9%[34]
Asian
7.1%[34]
Black
6.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
3.8%[34]
Unclassified
0.9%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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