Valentines High School

Nothing means more at Valentines High School than our students achieving excellence in all that they do.

Valentines is a multi cultural, mixed comprehensive school, with around 1300 students. We aim to work in partnership with students, parents, staff and the community to provide opportunities for all. Improving our provision and that for students at other schools is an important component of our ethos for Training School and Leading Edge.

In October 2006 Ofsted described the school as ‘outstanding’ in all categories.

Ofsted recognised our learning culture - “Teaching and learning are outstanding, because teachers engage all students, regardless of their ability, and help them to become responsible for their own learning”. Students say they feel safe, secure and valued.

Student Voice is natural territory for Valentines,

a school surrounded by a highly diverse, active and supportive local community. Ofsted specifically commented on the number of refugee families in the area and the outstanding culture of inclusion and support that exists within the school, with a ‘strong student voice’ element recognised as integral to the success of this strategy.

Valentines High School

was re-designated as a Specialist School for Technology in 2006 when its Leading Edge contract was renewed for a further four years. Valentines was designated a Mentor School in the Raising Achievement Transforming Learning project in 2004 and was appointed a Training School in 2006. Valentines was appointed as the Hub School for Assessment for Learning for London for 2005 – 2006 and is now part of the Deep Learning consortium for London. We also lead the East London Student Voice Hub for the Specialist Schools Trust and have recently joined the Cambridge Consortium in order to deliver high quality training, by teachers, for teachers.