Soar Valley College
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| Soar Valley College | |
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| Address | |
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Gleneagles Avenue , , LE4 7GY England | |
| Coordinates | 52°39′36″N 1°06′24″W / 52.6600°N 1.1068°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Community school |
| Motto | Aspire, Enjoy, Achieve |
| Local authority | Leicester City Council |
| Specialist | Maths and Computing |
| Department for Education URN | 120286 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Julie Robinson[1] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age range | 11-16 |
| Enrolment | 1,413 |
| Capacity | 1,456 |
| Colour(s) | Black and yellow |
| Website | www |
Soar Valley College is an 11-16 co-educational comprehensive secondary school in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. It was designated a Maths and Computing specialist college in September 2004. In 2016, a religious education teacher who taught at the school for fifteen years was found guilty and banned from teaching after facing a professional conduct panel. He admitted to posting anti-Islamic messages on social media and attending a march organised by far-right group, Britain First, on multiple occasions. He also admitted to "allowing 12- and 13-year-old pupils to watch an 18-certificate film, accessing pornography on a school computer or laptopp, failing to take appropriate action when a pupil acknowledged taking drugs, and working as a security guard while on sick leave.[2][3]
As part of the Building Schools for the Future initiative, the old building was demolished in 2009[4] and turned into playing fields, and a new building was built on the previous playing fields at a cost of approximately £21.5 million.[citation needed] The school hosted the Special Olympics netball games in 2009 on their newly built netball courts, on the other side of the campus from the new building. It became co-educational in 2016 and has one acre of land.The school has a lanyard system with different colours to show the different years.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
- Parminder Nagra, actress
- Rakhee Thakrar, actress
References
- ^ "Principal's Welcome » Soar Valley College". www.soarvalley.leicester.sch.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Cobain, Ian (4 November 2016). "RE teacher who posted Islamophobic comments struck off". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Leicester RE teacher banned over anti-Islamic views". BBC News. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Soar Valley Community College - September 2009".
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