We are proud to share with you the excellent work we do with children and young people who have physical disabilities and complex medical needs. Our school is unique within the maintained sector in the whole of southern England.  We cater for students aged 4 to 19 and have both day and boarding places.  We have a large site with high quality teaching, social care and health care facilities.  A staff team of over 200 people provides specialist teaching, social care, therapy and nursing care to an exceptionally high standard.

Our overall aim is to enable every child and young person to achieve meaningful independence.  Students flourish in a supportive but challenging environment, making good educational progress and achieving a range of accreditation as they get older.  There is excellent support to enable students to achieve functional communication, mobility and skills for daily living.

We are a Foundation Special School and are part of the Kent SEN Trust, a cooperative trust of ten schools working together to improve outcomes for all the children and young people attending the schools.  In 2008, Valence became a specialist sports college and this status plays a significant role in raising students’ achievements and their participation in high quality physical education and sport.

The school works proactively with parents and external professionals to provide holistic support for every child and young person. It is also developing high quality outreach support services for local schools and more widely for children and young people in Kent who have physical disabilities who are attending mainstream schools.

The school always places children and young people at the centre of all decisions it takes, and it has a relentless focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for every student.

You can find out about us through this website but can also visit, to see the school first hand!