Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Snodland, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.265 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes is a primary school in Snodland, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes 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 | 0.265 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.265 miles away, the 12th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 24 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent that have results.
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
- Holborough Lakes, Pollyfield Close, Snodland, ME6 5GR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 234 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes has exceptionally high aspirations for all pupils.”
- “Pupils are incredibly eager to learn in this respectful and welcoming school.”
- “They demonstrate remarkable resilience in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 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) | 81% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Snodland CofE Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Katherine's School & Nursery 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wouldham, All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Burham Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lunsford Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brookfield Junior School 2.2 mi School remains Good
- Brookfield Infant School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published