Valence School
Special / other · Westerham · TN16 1QN
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 3 December 2019
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129 pupils · 100% of 128 capacity
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 32% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- www.valenceschool.com
- URN
- 119032
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
6 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
no data
no data
GCSE results (2024/2025)
9 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 17% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 3 December 2019: Good
- 7 February 2019: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 18 July 2017: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Churchill Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Sundridge and Brasted Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Ide Hill Church of England Primary School
- Crockham Hill Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- St Katharine's Knockholt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Amherst School
- Riverhead Infants' School