Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase

Academy sponsor led·Primary school West Malling, Kent·ME19 5FF
Composite score
80.9
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#682
National rank
#92
In South East
#23
In Kent
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
27%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
82%
34 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.13
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
83
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2420220.7020230.9720241.3320251.132026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
224
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
9.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,348
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase at a glance

Located in West Malling, Kent, Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 224 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 27% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 82% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (34 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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