Sutton Valence School
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| Motto | My trust is in God alone |
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| Established | 1576 |
| Type | Independent school |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Headmaster | Bruce Grindlay |
| Visitor | Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Chair | Fiona O'Hanrahan |
| Founder | William Lambe |
| Location |
Maidstone Kent ME17 3HL England Coordinates: 51°12′52″N 0°35′37″E / 51.2145°N 0.5935°E |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | 4 boarding houses |
| Colours | Blue, black and silver |
| Publication |
Big* Sutton Views Suttonian Young Suttonian Old Suttonian |
| Expired Motto |
Floreat Suttona Latin: Let Sutton flourish |
| Former pupils | Old Suttonians |
| Website | www |
Sutton Valence School (SVS) is an independent school near Maidstone in southeast England. It has 520 pupils. It is a co-educational day and boarding school. There are three senior boarding houses: Westminster, St Margaret's and Sutton, and one junior Beresford.
The school was founded in 1576 as the Free Grammar School of William Lambe in Sutton Valence, by William Lambe, Master of the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers and a member of the Chapel Royal of Henry VIII. It remained under the control of the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers until 1910 when it was taken under the control of United Westminster Schools, a charitable trust which also incorporates Emanuel School and Westminster City School in London.
In 1983, the school became co-educational and in 1995 it incorporated Underhill Preparatory School. It is now a co-educational day and boarding school catering for pupils from three to eighteen years of age. It has strong local roots, but also welcomes a number of overseas pupils. The school limits numbers of pupils to remain small enough to cater for each pupil's needs.
The school has gone through renovation and expansion, building a new maths block, theatre, indoor swimming pool, second astro pitch and an all-weather track and field facility. The sports hall is dedicated to Sydney Wooderson, a former pupil and Olympic athlete who held the world record for the mile.
On 21 July 1911, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Randall Davidson, opened the new buildings, comprising the Main School and the St Margaret's, or Headmaster's Wing. The Westminster Wing was still under construction. The site had previously been leased to the school by the Filmer family as a playing field before the acquisition of the 'Upper' and subsequently used as the village recreation ground. It has been purchased outright by a Master of the Clothworkers’, W. E. Horne, and presented to the new governing body.
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