Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill

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Warwick Way (Off Tower View), Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4AL

Headteacher: Mrs Catherine SharrockSchool website ↗Pupils: 225 (capacity: 210)Part of VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST
Ofsted inspected
Inspected July 2025
Oversubscribed
87% of first-choice applicants offered a place
90%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected July 2025
87%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 1 July 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Outstanding
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Outstanding

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
90.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
31.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 93%·Writing 90%·Maths 93%All three 90%
Reading
Expected93%
Exceeding66%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected90%
Exceeding45%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected93%
Exceeding48%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
31
How many got their first choice?
27of 31 (87.1%)
How many applied in total?
115

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
10.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
17.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
3.0%
Boys and girls
44%girls·56%boys
98 girls, 127 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Best year on record — 90% Reading, Writing & Maths

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/16-----
2016/17-----
2017/1880.0%7.0%+2.1+2.6+1.1
2018/1987.0%40.0%+4.0+2.8+5.3
2022/2382.0%21.0%+4.7+2.3+2.5
2023/2478.0%16.0%---
2024/2590.0%31.0%---
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