Soar Valley College
Encyclopedia
Soar Valley College is a co-educational comprehensive
secondary school
in Leicester
, England
. The school was designated a Maths and Computing specialist college in September 2004. As part of the Building Schools for the Future
initiative, the old college building has been torn down and being turned into the playing fields and the new Soar Valley building with iconic design has been built on the previous playing fields. They have also hosted the Special Olympics Netball games in the summer of 2009 in their newly built netball courts, on the other side of the campus to the newly built school. The Principal is Melvyn Berry.
Construction now complete, the new building, cost approximately 21.5 Million GB Pounds
(Bend It Like Beckham
, ER
) attended the school.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The school was designated a Maths and Computing specialist college in September 2004. As part of the Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
initiative, the old college building has been torn down and being turned into the playing fields and the new Soar Valley building with iconic design has been built on the previous playing fields. They have also hosted the Special Olympics Netball games in the summer of 2009 in their newly built netball courts, on the other side of the campus to the newly built school. The Principal is Melvyn Berry.
Construction now complete, the new building, cost approximately 21.5 Million GB Pounds
External links
- Soar Valley College Official Site
- 2007 Ofsted Inspection Report
- Soar Valley College - BBC Education League Tables
Famous former pupils
Actress Parminder NagraParminder Nagra
Parminder Kaur Nagra is an English actress of Indian descent. She came to international prominence in 2002 after starring in Bend It Like Beckham. She starred as Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the Emmy Award-winning American medical drama series ER for six years until the series ended on 2 April 2009...
(Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi first released in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha...
, ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
) attended the school.