Valence School[1]

Special · ages 4–19

Headline results

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Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 5.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.72 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	3.7[5]	0%[5]
2023/24	5.4[3]	0%[3]	-1.72[3]
2022/23	2.4[6]	0%[6]	-1.99[6]
2021/22	0.5[7]	0%[7]	-1.87[7]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[9]
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	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
2023/24	0%[10]	0%[10]
2022/23	0%[11]	0%[11]
2017/18	0%[12]	0%[12]
2015/16	0%[13]	0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 7% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 0% 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	100%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]
2020/21	94%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]
2019/20	100%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]	25%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	100%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]

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: 17 Jun 2025[19]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[19]
Report published: 8 Sep 2025[19]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[19]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[19]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
3 Dec 2019[20]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[20]	Good[20]
7 Feb 2019[21]	Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[21]	No overall grade[21]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Foundation special school[1]
Ages: 4–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: Boarding school[1]
Capacity: 131[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: www.valenceschool.com [1]
District: Sevenoaks [22]
Postcode: TN16 1QN[1]
URN: 119032[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 132 2024/25[23]
English as an additional language: 6.8% 2024/25[23]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[23]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[23]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 35.4% 2024/25[23]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 76.7%[24]
Mixed: 4.7%[24]
Asian: 7%[24]
Black: 5.4%[24]
Any other ethnic group: 1.6%[24]
Unclassified: 4.7%[24]

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

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
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