Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase

Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase is an exceptional school, judged outstanding in every area inspected in July 2025. Pupils are happy, safe and behave extraordinarily well, and they benefit from a highly ambitious curriculum that is carefully tailored to meet pupils’ needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The school’s specialist resourced provision for 17 pupils with autism is fully integrated into school life, and pupils achieve exceptionally well across subjects. The early years provision is exceptionally strong, with children developing secure number knowledge and learning to read swiftly. Reading is prioritised, teachers are knowledgeable and well supported, and pupils become fluent, confident readers. Personal development is broad and effective, helping pupils understand rights, responsibilities and life in modern Britain, while high expectations and strong work with families lead to calm classrooms and high attendance. Leadership is highly effective, with diligent support and challenge from trust leaders and governors, and staff workload is well managed. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school was previously judged good and is part of Valley Invicta Academy Trust; as this was a graded inspection from September 2024 onwards, no overall effectiveness grade was given. No significant weaknesses were identified in the report.

Strengths

• Exceptional curriculum that is finely tuned to pupils’ needs and interests
• Highly ambitious provision, especially for pupils with SEND
• Pupils behave extraordinarily well and classrooms are calm
• Strong early years provision with secure number understanding and swift reading development
• Reading is prioritised and pupils become competent, fluent readers
• Teachers are knowledgeable, well trained and skilled at checking understanding
• Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and well supported through meaningful adaptations
• Broad personal development helps pupils understand rights, responsibilities and modern Britain
• High attendance supported by effective work with families
• Strong leadership, governance and trust support, with good workload management
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.7% of pupils at Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 18 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase received £6,869 and spent £6,751 for each of its 224 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £425,000 (£1,899 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Valley Invicta Academies Trust, income was £7,135 and spending £6,722 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in West Malling · Kent local authority: places and applications

Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase is part of Valley Invicta Academies Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill West Malling
• Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes Snodland
• Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford Aylesford
• Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough Maidstone
• Invicta Grammar School Maidstone
• Valley Park School Maidstone
• School of Science and Technology Maidstone Maidstone
• The Lenham School Maidstone

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

The latest Ofsted rating for Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase last inspected by Ofsted?

Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase have?

Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase has 230 pupils on roll.

What age range does Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase cover?

Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase?

Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase is at Derby Drive, Leybourne Chase, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5FF.