Soar Valley College

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Soar Valley College
Motto	Enjoy, Aspire, Achieve
Established	15th March 1973
Type	Comprehensive
Principal	Melvyn Berry
Specialism	Mathematics and Computing College
Location	Gleneagles Avenue Leicester Leicestershire LE4 7GY England Coordinates: 52°39′36″N 1°06′24″W / 52.6600°N 1.1068°W / 52.6600; -1.1068
Local authority	Leicester
Students	1218
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Colours	Black And Yellow

Soar Valley College is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school in Leicester, England. The school was designated a Maths and Computing specialist college in September 2004. As part of the Building Schools for the Future initiative, the old college building has been torn down and being turned into the playing fields and the new Soar Valley building with iconic design has been built on the previous playing fields. They have also hosted the Special Olympics Netball games in the summer of 2009 in their newly built netball courts, on the other side of the campus to the newly built school. The Principal is Melvyn Berry.

Construction now complete, the new building, cost approximately 21.5 Million GB Pounds

Its neighbouring school is Rushey Mead School (Secondary)

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Famous former pupils

Actress Parminder Nagra (Bend It Like Beckham, ER) attended the school.

v t e Schools in Leicestershire (including Leicester)

Primary	Bishop Ellis Catholic Desford Glen Hills Highcliffe Kibworth Samworth Sir John Moore CofE

Middle	Abington Academy Brockington College Brookvale High School Bushloe High School Gartree High School Ibstock Community College Ivanhoe College Leysland High School Lutterworth High School Manor High School Market Bosworth High School The Roundhill Academy St. Martin’s Catholic Voluntary Academy South Charnwood High School Stonehill High School Welland Park Academy Winstanley Community College

Upper & secondary	Ashby School Babington Community College Beauchamp College Beaumont Leys School Belvoir High School Bosworth Academy Charnwood College City of Leicester College Countesthorpe Community College Crown Hills Community College De Lisle College English Martyrs Catholic School Fullhurst Community College Groby Community College Guthlaxton College Hamilton Community College Hind Leys Community College Humphrey Perkins School John Cleveland College John Ferneley College Judgemeadow Community College King Edward VII Science and Sport College Lancaster School Limehurst Academy Long Field Academy Longslade Community College Lutterworth College Madani High School The Martin High School Moat Community College New College Leicester Rawlins Community College Robert Smyth Academy Rushey Mead School St Paul's Catholic School Samworth Enterprise Academy Sir Jonathan North Community College Soar Valley College William Bradford Community College Woodbrook Vale Wreake Valley Academy

Sixth form	Gateway College Regent College Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College

Independent	Dixie Grammar School Emmanuel Christian School Fairfield Preparatory School Grace Dieu Manor School Leicester Grammar School Leicester High School for Girls Loughborough Grammar School Loughborough High School Our Lady's Convent School Ratcliffe College Sathya Sai School

Further education	Brooksby Melton College Leicester College Loughborough College South Leicestershire College

Special	Ellesmere College RNIB College

Former	Burleigh Community College Garendon High School King Edward VII School Mary Linwood Comprehensive School Riverside Business and Enterprise College Rosebery Primary School

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