Valley Park School

Welcome to Valley Park School: About us

Valley Park Sixth Form aims to provide an outstanding learning experience and to prepare students for the future demands of Higher Education and the workplace. Although our high level of academic success is a key feature, the Sixth Form works equally hard to help you develop your skills, character, and levels of independence. We take care to create an environment which has rigorous expectations and to provide students with everything necessary to be successful.

In our Sixth Form we pride ourselves on the opportunities we offer students to be individuals. Our personalised curriculum offers students a wide range of subject choice enabling students to consider their individual interests and academic strengths. Our pastoral support system offers students the opportunity to access individual advice, support and guidance at any point throughout their studies in the Sixth Form, depending upon their needs. Our personalised opportunities programme of enrichment activities including the 'Futures Programme' offers individual choice and each student the opportunity to participate in activities, outside their academic studies, to develop a portfolio of individual experiences. Our Information, Advice and Guidance programme offers students the opportunity to have access with an in house qualified career adviser, as they need, to make their individual plans for the future.

Our dedicated Sixth Form Centre provides students with a base where they can relax, socialise and complete group study sessions in a non formal setting. In addition, our award winning library and private study area provides space for students to work quietly on their individual academic requirements and is recognised as being a stepping stone to the facilities offered at university.

All students are required to gain 5 GCSE passes at grade 9-4, including English, to gain entry to the Sixth Form. Each course has individualised, tailored entry requirements to ensure standards and achievement of students is considered and planned for. Please check the requirements for each subject carefully on this website or in our application guide which can be found on our website. If you would like to find out more about what our Sixth Form can offer you then please browse the range of courses we offer and contact us at the school for a prospectus. We look forward to hearing from you.

Our latest published results from 2023  were fantastic and can been seen here https://www.valleypark.viat.org.uk/2304/results-amp-rolls-of-honour 

When applying to our Sixth Form, we aim to create a timetable with your subject preferences, typically choosing three academic or vocational subjects. Please add upto a maximum of two reserve subjects that you would be happy to study if we cannot facilitate your preferred subjects.

Our subject offer is across the federation of Valley Park School and Invicta Grammar School. You may choose to study just at Valley Park or combine your subject choices with those at Invicta Grammar School. Please ensure that when choosing subjects across the federation the maximum number of subjects you can choose at Invicta Grammar School (IGS) is one.

Applications Open: 14th November 2025

Applications Close: 13th March 2026

Entry Requirements: - Five GCSEs at Grade 4 or above, including English, and the individual subject entry requirements. 

How to Apply: Please apply via the Kent Choices website.

How many subjects can you choose: -  You MUST choose 3 subjects (these can be mixture of A-level or BTEC's).  Please DO NOT choose anymore than 5 subjects.

Please note that if you are intending to study a course at Invicta Grammar School as part of your course choices, you can only study one Invicta course (maximum) alongside two Valley Park courses.

If you wish to make any changes, you can do so via your application page or send us a message. 

Your application will be acknowledged and conditional offer letters will be sent out after the closing date.

Additional support

Additional support is offered through each curriculum area but also through the Sixth Form pastoral support team, comprising of an Assistant Headteacher/Head of Sixth Form, a  Head of Year for Year 12 and Year 13, Student Support Manager and Private Study Supervisor. 

We pride ourselves on the support offered to students to help them prepare and achieve in the next stages of their learning careers.

Facilities available

Our £3.4 million Sixth Form centre and classrooms opened in September 2015 offering a purpose built environment for learning. Students have access to their own refreshment area cater by Curcina , a common room for social interaction and a state of the art, award winning library. In addition to this they also have access to the newly built dining hall where delicious hot meals are served daily. 

In addition, state of the art 3G and 4G football facilities are available to all students.

Students can access the excellent Dance, Music, Drama and Media facilties in the Arts Centre.

Other facilties are the specialist visual arts rooms in Ceramics, Textiles, Fine Art, Graphics and Photography.

Easily accessible from Maidstone town centre by trains and bus.