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Private all-through · 2 to 19 · Mixed · Christian · 826 pupils

Sutton Valence School

North Street, Sutton Valence, Maidstone, ME17 3HL · Kent
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

A private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview; offer-day figures are not published.

Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met · February 2025

Summary

The key facts, in one place
Inspection
Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met, February 2025
Results
B- average a level grade
Size
826 pupils
Faith
Christian
Run by
Its proprietor
Type
Independent school
Ages
2 to 19 · Mixed
Fees
Day £16,647 to £35,246 a year
Strengths, and things to check
  • A faith school: read its admission policy for any priority by faith.
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Overview

Getting in

  • A private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview. Offer-day figures are not published for private schools.

Quality

  • Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met ISI · inspected 25 February 2025
  • Average A level grade: B- DfE 16 to 18 performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: above average DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 169 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 7 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 1 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 7.5 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.0 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
  • Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).

Who runs it

  • A private school is not part of a state trust; its owner is named on its own website.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Average A level gradeB-——2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Private schools: A levelTop 42% (7/17)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After sixth form2023/247881%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 1.3%; Employment 28%
After sixth form2022/238486%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 1.2%; Employment 20%
After sixth form2021/229376%Further education 1.1%; Apprenticeship 2.2%; Employment 22%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Daily life

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus169

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20251
20240
20233
20222
20211

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 1 serious and 0 fatal in all; 2 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO27.52024
PM1011.62024
PM257.02024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
SEN support38%2025/26
Education, health and care plan0.2%2025/26
Girls42%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • A private school is not part of a state trust; its owner is named on its own website.

Area

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Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Maidstone and the Kent league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.