Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase
Derby Drive, West Malling, ME19 5FF
230 pupils · 98% of 235 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Kent
- Free school meals
- 8.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 July 2025, published 10 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 76% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 27% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.13 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 34 | 83 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 40 | 73 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 29 | 83 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 21 | 68 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 29 | 36 | 96 | 29 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 30 | 35 | 80 | 30 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 30 | 72 | 30 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 30 | 33 | 69 | 30 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Ryarsh Primary School 1.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp 1.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy 1.3 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- More Park Catholic Primary School 1.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Lunsford Primary School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Lift St James the Great 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.