Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · West Malling, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.834 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase is a primary school in West Malling, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.834 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 8.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 23.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- Reception 2026 drew 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.834 miles away, the 88th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 27% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Derby Drive, Leybourne Chase, West Malling, ME19 5FF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils delight in attending this exceptional school.”
- “Staff are compassionate and cater for the emotional needs of their pupils well.”
- “Pupils who attend the school’s specialist resourced provision are fully integrated into the life of the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 76% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Ryarsh Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- More Park Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lunsford Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift St James the Great 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Offham Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brookfield Infant School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published