Pent Valley Technology College is located in Folkestone, Kent and is a foundation, secondary modern, school specialising in Technology. It takes both boys and girls aged 11-18.

Pent Valley is in its fifth year as a Technology College and is the first school in Folkestone to achieve this coveted Specialist School Status. Design & Technology, ICT, Mathematics and Science are our specialist subjects.

As a Technology College we aim to provide a service to the community as well as to our own students.

The specialist status is to raise standards of achievement and the quality of learning in Design & Technology, Science and Mathematics for all students across the ability range. These subjects contribute to whole school improvement by developing innovative approaches to teaching and learning. They develop and share good practice across the curriculum particularly between the specialist subjects.

The specialist subjects are also active partners in our learning community with our local schools, offering opportunities for enriching and extending learning experiences. This includes sharing resources and good practice.

We promote an educational culture which is scientific, technological, enterprising and vocational, and provide young people with the skills needed to progress into employment, further training and higher education according to their individual abilities, aptitudes and ambitions.

For the third year in succession Pent Valley Technology College has achieved the best results the school has ever achieved. Over the past two years the level of improvement has been recognised by Government bodies and the school has been officially named as one of the most improved in England and Wales. The 2009 GCSE results have shown an even greater rate of improvement than in the previous two years so the school is very confident of receiving national recognition once again. Especially pleasing was the fact that the school has also exceeded the Government target of at least 30% of students achieving 5 good GCSE passes including English and Mathematics. The school is very pleased that despite the Government having set a deadline of 2011 to meet this target Pent Valley has exceeded this two years ahead of this deadline. We have this year also been celebrating improved A Level results which have resulted in a higher number of students successfully gaining University places.

Overall we are very proud of the hard work and dedication shown by staff and students which have resulted in such a fantastic set of results. We are also very grateful to the families of the students who have continued to support their young people and indeed the school throughout the year.