Valley Primary School
Encyclopedia
Valley Primary School is a primary government school (Year Reception to Year 6) in Bromley
, London
, United Kingdom
. The head teacher is Mrs Susan Head. The school was the sixth best school in Bromley according to The Times
newspaper annual school rankings.
. The four houses are Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury.
Every week 8 of the year 6 pupils will collect the house point charts from around the school.
However, complaints were received that the winning scheme contravened the competition specifications and were prepared by someone employed in Robson's office. The winning scheme was thus disqualified and the remaining submissions revisited by a new adjudicator.
The design submitted under the name 'Bromley' was subsequently approved. It was by Evelyn Arthur Hellicar (1862–1929) and Sydney Vacher (1854–1934). Evelyn Hellicar
was the son of the Rev. Arthur Greasley Hellicar (1835–1905), Vicar of Bromley
who also happened to be the Chairman of Bromley School Board.
The school was built on land belonging to Pixfield, Beckenham Lane, Bromley
. The owner of Pixfield, Mr Robinson Latter, insisted on a number of conditions prior to the sale of the site. These dictated the basic form of the school.
Bromley
Bromley is a large suburban town in south east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley. It was historically a market town, and prior to 1963 was in the county of Kent and formed the administrative centre of the Municipal Borough of Bromley...
, London
London
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, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The head teacher is Mrs Susan Head. The school was the sixth best school in Bromley according to The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
newspaper annual school rankings.
House system
Like many schools, Valley Primary School also follows the house systemHouse system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
. The four houses are Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury.
Every week 8 of the year 6 pupils will collect the house point charts from around the school.
Awards
- Healthy Schools
- Child of Achievement Award
- Sport England Activemark Gold
- Arts Council England Artsmark Gold
- The Basic Skills Agency Quality Mark
- QA NAACE Quality ICT in schools
History
The school was erected by Bromley School Board and opened in 1891. The Board held an architectural competition in 1888/9 to select a suitable design. The award winning scheme - submitted anonymously under the name 'Kent' was selected in 1889; the competition adjudictor was leading London School Board architect E R Robson (1835–1917).However, complaints were received that the winning scheme contravened the competition specifications and were prepared by someone employed in Robson's office. The winning scheme was thus disqualified and the remaining submissions revisited by a new adjudicator.
The design submitted under the name 'Bromley' was subsequently approved. It was by Evelyn Arthur Hellicar (1862–1929) and Sydney Vacher (1854–1934). Evelyn Hellicar
Evelyn Hellicar
Evelyn Hellicar was an English architect.Evelyn Arthur Gresley Hellicar was the son of Arthur Gresley Hellicar and Mary Ann Isabella Malthus . Arthur Hellicar came from the South West of England where his father was Vicar of Fivehead, Somerset, and Swell, Gloucestershire...
was the son of the Rev. Arthur Greasley Hellicar (1835–1905), Vicar of Bromley
Bromley
Bromley is a large suburban town in south east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley. It was historically a market town, and prior to 1963 was in the county of Kent and formed the administrative centre of the Municipal Borough of Bromley...
who also happened to be the Chairman of Bromley School Board.
The school was built on land belonging to Pixfield, Beckenham Lane, Bromley
Bromley
Bromley is a large suburban town in south east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley. It was historically a market town, and prior to 1963 was in the county of Kent and formed the administrative centre of the Municipal Borough of Bromley...
. The owner of Pixfield, Mr Robinson Latter, insisted on a number of conditions prior to the sale of the site. These dictated the basic form of the school.
External links
- http://www.valley.bromley.sch.uk Official Website
- http://www.bromley.gov.uk/education/schools/primaryschools/valley_primary_sch.htm Bromley official website school page.