Valley Comprehensive School

Valley Comprehensive School

"For schools of similar names, see Valley School"

Infobox UK school
name = Valley Comprehensive School


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street = Baulk Lane
city = Worksop
county = Nottinghamshire
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Valley Comprehensive School is situated in Worksop, United Kingdom. The current Headmaster is Brian Rossiter.

History

Valley was originally called Bentinck Secondary Modern School. A pupil's result from the eleven plus determined which secondary school in Worksop you could attend. Those thought suitable for either an academic or technical education went sent to Winifred Portland Grammar School and others received training in simple, practical skills at Bentinck.

Pupils were first admitted into Bentinck on September 19 1957, but the schools official opening wasn't until 1960. Some of the buildings such as the Hall are the same today as they were then. Bentinck's first headmaster was Mr Wade and the deputy was Mr Taylor.

Pupils were taught Maths, English, Science, Geography, History, R.E., Music, Art and P.E. Boys took Metalwork, Woodwork, and Technical Drawing, whereas the girls learnt Cooking and Needlework.

The uniform for the girls consisted of a short, grey skirt (or a green and white striped dress in winter), a green and white striped shirt, a bottle-green v-neck, navy jumper and blazer. Boys wore grey trousers, a white shirt and a bottle-green blazer.

New school

The new [http://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/services/leisure__culture/leisure_facilities/worksop_leisure_centre.aspx Worksop Leisure Centre] opened in January 2008, of which the school is next door and uses. The school also moved into new buildings in 2007, under a PFI project.

Derivation of former name

The name of Bentinck came from the family name of the Earl of Portland who was then based at Welbeck Abbey in nearby Clumber Park, and the current Earl is the (well known) BBC radio actor Tim Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland; he is best known for playing David Archer in "The Archers".

Academic performance

Once a secondary modern school, it still gets GCSE results similar to that of a secondary modern. Its A level results are also well under the England average.

Alumni

* Neil Entwistle
* Lee Westwood

ee also

* HMS Bentinck - shared the school's former name

External links

* [http://www.valley.notts.sch.uk School website]
* [http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/pfi-roller-coaster-198 Headmaster discusses PFI project]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/EstablishmentView.aspx?EstablishmentID=22840 Edubase]


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