Wye Valley School
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The Wye Valley School is a co-educational secondary school in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Bourne End is a village predominantly in the parish of Wooburn and Bourne End, but also in the parish of Little Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated close to the border with Berkshire, near where the River Wye meets the River Thames...

, England. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 760 pupils.

In September 1998 the school was awarded specialist school
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...

 status as a Sports College
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...

, by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).

Wye Valley offers a range of different opportunities to all pupils, including extra curricula clubs, and the chance to get the best results possible to start them off in adulthood.
In 2010 Wye Valley achieved 77% A*-C grades and managed to start GCSE courses early in Year 9 and already has pupils achieving A and A* in science modules.
Wye Valley provides a happy attitude to all pupils making sure that everyone reaches their full potential.
Wye Valley has recently succeeded in dance competition Global Rock and has sung at the O2.
Wye Valley offers a range of different subjects and opportunities for all pupils and with caring and skilled teachers children cannot fail to settle in and find something they are good at.

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