The school caters for girls and boys between the ages of 11 and 18.

Valley Park became a specialist Arts College in July 2007.

[2] Valley Park holds many activities for students e.g. focus days, trips to foreign countries and the best young farmers club in Kent.

The school offers a wide range of subjects including English, Maths, History, Science, Music, P.E., Drama, D.T., I.C.T, Art, R.E., Geography, Business Studies, Modern Languages and Agriculture.

[3] Valley Park is in the top 5% of schools nationally for Contextual Value Added with a score of 1047.9[4]