Valley Comprehensive School
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Valley Comprehensive School is situated in Worksop, United Kingdom. The current Headmaster is Brian Rossiter.
[edit] History
Valley was originally called Bentinck Secondary Modern. A pupil's result from the eleven plus determined which secondary school in Worksop you could attend. Those thought suitable for either an academic or technical education went sent to Portland Comprehensive and others received training in simple, practical skills at Bentinck.
Pupils were first admitted into Bentinck on 19th September 1957, but the schools official opening wasn't until 1960. Some of the buildings such as the Hall are the same today as they were then. Bentinck's first headmaster was Mr Wade and the deputy was Mr Taylor.
Pupils were taught Maths, English, Science, Geography, History, R.E., Music, Art and P.E. Boys took Metalwork, Woodwork, and Technical Drawing, whereas the girls learnt Cooking and Needlework.
The uniform for the girls consisted of a short, grey skirt (or a green and white striped dress in winter), a green and white striped shirt, a bottle-green v-neck, navy jumper and blazer. Boys wore grey trousers, a white shirt and a bottle-green blazer.
