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Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford, Aylesford

Outstanding
Primary
Academy sponsor led
Mixed
Ages 5–11

Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford is a primary school for pupils aged 5 to 11 in Aylesford, part of Valley Invicta Academies Trust. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in May 2023. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 2nd-highest of the 6 schools in Aylesford with published results, and 8,749th of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.2 first-choice applications for every place. It was full in 2025, at 101% of capacity.

SATs results
In line with England
Ofsted
Outstanding (2023)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Kent (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford in detail

Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "Year 6 welcomed the magistrates this afternoon, who taught us all about the court system and prison. Pine Class explored ways to manage our emotions today in PSHE. We particularly enjoyed the drawing and relaxation stations! Shoutout to Reid in Pine Class for completing the summer reading challenge!"

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include hockey, basketball, swimming, dance, cooking and eco club.

Coming up: an admissions event on Monday 2 November 2026, an open evening on Wednesday 4 November 2026, an admissions event on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and an admissions event on Wednesday 18 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

All school open days in Kent

Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Kent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 85% in reading and 88% in maths in 2024.

Getting a place at Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford

For September 2026 entry, 74 families put Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford as their first choice and 162 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 16 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford are Ditton Infant School (0.5 miles, Good); Ditton Church of England Junior School (0.6 miles, 69% reading, 53% maths); St Peter's Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 86% reading, 79% maths); and Brookfield Junior School (1.2 miles, Good, 75% reading, 70% maths).

Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Ditton Infant SchoolDitton Church of England Junior SchoolSt Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolBrookfield Junior School

The trust

Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford is one of 9 schools run by Valley Invicta Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 9 schools in Valley Invicta Academies Trust

Who goes there

3.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (86%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 61 pupils (15.3%) received SEN support and 5 (1.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Aylesford Rail Station, about 360 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Aylesford School (outside), 110 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford issued 22 suspensions, 5.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford are Aylesford School (under 0.1 miles) and The Malling School (1.5 miles).

Aylesford SchoolThe Malling School

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Likely (~536m)Possible (~766m)Unlikely (~996m)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Billy Harrington
Pupils:398
LA:Kent
Phone:01622718192
Address:Teapot Lane, Aylesford, ME20 7JU
Trust:VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST (9 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 December 2013

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 3 years ago
Outstanding

Overall

Outstanding

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Outstanding

Early Years

Inspected 10 May 2023View full report
URN:140168
UKPRN:10043311
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Maidstone and Malling
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Outstanding at its May 2023 inspection.

Rated Outstanding for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.

At a Glance

21.6%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-10ppMaths-15ppWriting-5pp

Reading has declined from 85% to 75% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 88% to 73% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 92% to 87% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

30.6

Avg class size

30.0

Infant (KS1)

31.2

KS2

11

Total classes

5 classes with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

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Getting There

Train Stations

Aylesford Rail Station
356m · 6 min walk

Bus Stops

Aylesford School (o/s)
106m · 2 min walk
Teapot Lane (opp)
201m · 3 min walk
Railway Station (opp)
350m · 6 min walk
TA Centre (opp)
394m · 6 min walk
Retail Park (adj)
570m · 9 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
19
Fatal
0
Serious
6
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 13 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.

5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Kent is 11 (the median across 711 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

101%

Over capacity

392 pupils

390 places

2 pupils over capacity in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Aylesford

High pressure
New homes approved:525
Projected new pupils:131

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Aylesford

Across Kent council

Low demand council-wide0.88 applications per place

Places available

18,893

Applications

16,593

Got 1st preference

89.7%

Got preferred school

98.2%

All primary applications across Kent council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(3)

10 May 2023
OutstandingReport
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
Early YearsOutstanding
18 January 2022

Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good and may be improving; its next inspection will be a full graded one.

9 November 2016
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

61

SEN Support

5

EHC Plans

16.6%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication31
Social, Emotional & Mental Health10
Other9
Moderate Learning Difficulty8
Autistic Spectrum Disorder6
Specific Learning Difficulty1
Physical Disability1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
85.9%
Asian
3.1%
Black
1.5%
Mixed
5.9%
Unclassified
0.3%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals21.6%
English as Additional Language3.5%

398

Total Pupils

202

Boys

196

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

19

Teachers

20.9:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£49,712

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£4,963

Per pupil

£2160k

Total funding

£132k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£189,657
EAL funding£5,514
Lump sum£142,484

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.3%

Overall absence

9.3%

Persistent absence

334

Enrolments

Authorised3.2%
Unauthorised1.1%
Persistent (10%+)9.3%
Severe (50%+)0.0%

Absence trend

5.0%
18/19
2.5%
20/21
5.0%
21/22
5.4%
22/23
5.0%
23/24
4.3%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford

What are SATs results like at Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford?

Of the pupils at Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 75% reached the expected standard in reading and 73% did so in maths.

What is Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford's Ofsted rating?

Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford was rated Outstanding at its most recent Ofsted inspection in May 2023. At its previous graded inspection in 2016 it was rated Good.

What is the catchment area for Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford?

No fixed boundary. When Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford is oversubscribed, Kent allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford?

Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford was full in 2025, at 101% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.

How big are the classes at Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford?

Classes at Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford average 30.6 pupils (2025/26). 5 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford?

Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford has around 398 pupils on roll. 22% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford?

4.3% of sessions were missed at Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford in 2024/25. 9.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford?

Apply through Kent's coordinated admissions process, naming Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

How many road collisions happen near Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 13 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Kent is 11 (the median across 711 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford?

Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford is at Teapot Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7JU.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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