Pent Valley Technology College (formerly Pent Valley Secondary Modern) is a secondary school situated in Cheriton, Kent, England. The college, which was formed by the merger of Harcourt Secondary School for Girls, Harcourt Primary School and Morehall Secondary School for Boys in the early 1970s, attracts pupils from Folkestone, Hawkinge and Hythe.
The school was granted Technology College status in 2003. It is a partner school of the University of Kent in Canterbury.
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