Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough, Maidstone

Ofsted's report card from its 31 March 2026 inspection grades Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils reliably attend school."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders and staff have secured a remarkable consistency of highly inclusive teaching, including in the specially resourced provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Early years - Strong standard. "The firm foundations laid in the excellent early years provision get children off to a flying start, regardless of their varied backgrounds and starting points."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders are committed to giving every pupil what they need to succeed, regardless of their background or need."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Although only in its second year together, the school's leadership team has already achieved a lot."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school ensures that all pupils can benefit from its extensive promotion of their personal development."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils of all ages learn well across subjects."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should sustain and hone the renewed focus on disadvantaged pupils to close the remaining gaps between their outcomes compared with other pupils nationally".

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Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, tennis and drama.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £3.50 per session.

Coming up: an open day on Friday 6 November 2026 and an open day on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils at Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Kent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 92% in reading and 89% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 95 families put Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough as their first choice and 198 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 39 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough are North Borough Junior School (0.8 miles, Good, 75% reading, 77% maths); St Paul's Infant School (0.8 miles, Good); Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 91% reading, 89% maths); and South Borough Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 93% reading, 82% maths).

Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough 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.

92 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough (as of September 2026): 96% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 90% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (99%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (90%).

51.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (47%), Asian (17%) and Mixed (10%).

Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough has a resourced provision for autism: 15 places, 9 pupils on roll.

Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough had 28 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Maidstone East Rail Station, about 910 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Invicta Girls' Grammar School (outside), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 526 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kent (101), as is usual near a town centre.

Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough are Invicta Grammar School (0.1 miles), Valley Park School (0.3 miles), School of Science and Technology Maidstone (0.5 miles) and Maidstone Grammar School (0.7 miles).