Soar Valley College

Soar Valley College
Address
Gleneagles Avenue Leicester , Leicestershire , LE4 7GY England
Coordinates	52°39′36″N 1°06′24″W
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Aspire, Enjoy, Achieve
Local authority	Leicester City Council
Trust	Aspire Learning Partnership
Department for Education URN	120286 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Julie Robinson[1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age range	11-16
Enrolment	1,561 (May 2023)
Colour(s)	Black and yellow
Website	www.soarvalley.leicester.sch.uk

Soar Valley College is an 11–16 coeducational secondary school located in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

It was designated a Maths and Computing specialist college in September 2004.

As part of the Building Schools for the Future initiative, the old building was demolished in 2009^[2] 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, known as the "Soar Valley Netball Centre" 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.

Previously a community school administered by Leicester City Council,^[3] in June 2023 Soar Valley College converted to academy status.^[4] The school is now sponsored by the Aspire Learning Partnership.

Notable former pupils

• Parminder Nagra, actress
• Rakhee Thakrar, actress

References

1. "Principal's Welcome » Soar Valley College". www.soarvalley.leicester.sch.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
2. "Soar Valley Community College - September 2009". 8 September 2009.
3. "Soar Valley College - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
4. "Soar Valley College - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

External links

• Official website