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15/09/25

We are all so proud of Hannah in year 6 who was the flag bearer for New Zealand at the women's rugby World Cup on Saturday. What an experience! 

12/09/25

Elm Class had a wonderful time in art, exploring where clay comes from and learning key skills like smoothing, rolling, and coiling. They're getting ready to create nature-inspired patterns in a few weeks – we can't wait to see their creativity shine! 🎨✨

11/09/25

Year 5 have been learning about how different types of mountains (dome, plateau, volcanic and fold) are formed using every day materials.  

10/09/25

So proud of Pine and Yew Class for their fundraising last year for Books2Africa. The books are on their way to new schools now! 

10/09/25

Amazing writing in Mulberry Class this morning. Their ‘Traction Man’ character descriptions had a brilliant range of adjectives!

10/09/25

Fantastic reading comprehension skills in Year 2 Sycamore Class exploring their text ‘A friend like Simon’.

09/09/25

We are so very proud of Grace in Year 3 who was chosen as the parents player of the match when she played for her football team at the weekend.

08/09/25

Year 5 showed off their sporting prowess during football today in the glorious sunshine; their dribbling and accuracy skills were clear to see!

08/09/25

In science, Elder class have investigated the adaptation of bird beaks. We enjoyed seeing which beaks were most suited to the different types of food.

08/09/25

Maple Class had a great time this week during our learning launch. We tried foods from different countries in The Americas, made Brazilian carnival masks and Native American dream catchers.

08/09/25

Year 4 have made a fantastic start to their new topic in Art. They look forward to sharing their final outcomes of Roman mosaics in a few weeks!

05/09/25

Year 2 have loved learning all about Traction Man this week and can't wait to see what adventures he is going to go on next!

05/09/25

What a fantastic first week in Elm Class! 🌟 Everyone has worked so hard and settled in brilliantly. We ended the week with a fun PE session focusing on Fundamental Skills 🏃‍♀️⚽️     

05/09/25

Sycamore Class created amazing title pages based on the portraits of Jawlensky. They were so creative!

03/09/25

Elder class have enjoyed their learning launch this morning for our Geography topic! Can you guess the continents we are learning about this term?

02/09/25

Mission: Completed! All the Year 5 agents graduated from Spy School with flying colours today! From testing our agility on the laser course to writing secret codes with invisible ink, it is safe to say the children had a superb time!    

11/07/25

Today we were able to celebrate the achievements of some of our Year 5 children who have finished their Young Adventurers programme  We are very proud their success. Well done!

11/07/25

Elm Class have one very proud teacher! 🎨 We are such wonderful little artists and feel amazed by what we can create. We've finally finished our collages — and what masterpieces they are! 🌟🖼️   

11/07/25

🌟 Elm Class have finished the second part of their collage project — adding beautiful watercolour skies! 🎨☁️ Amazing creativity on display!   

09/07/25

Floodland inspired art from Beech class for art week.

09/07/25

Floodland inspired Art from Ash class for art week!

08/07/25

🎨 Elm Class are loving Art Week! We're exploring a new skill each day, building up to a final masterpiece at the end of the week. Creativity is in full swing! 🖌️✨   

08/07/25

Pine Class enjoyed painting their volcanoes with acrylic paint today. There were some fantastic mixing skills being used to create the colours needed.

08/07/25

Year 6 had great fun using their knowledge of electrical circuits, insulators and conductors to make a steady hand game.

07/07/25

VIPS Aylesford hosted Young Carers from  today for an afternoon of fun in the sun. We all made new friends and met others who are going to the same secondary school.

Admissions Arrangements

Valley Invicta Primary School at Aylesford has a published admission number (PAN) of 60 pupils, admitted into the Reception Class. Applications for places will be made in accordance with Kent Local Authority's co-ordinated admission arrangements and will be made on the Primary Common Application Form (PCAF), provided and administered by the Kent Local Authority.

For further information regarding the schools admission process please contact the school office.

Appeal Dates and Information 2025/2026

If you have not been offered a place following an in-year application, the law entitles you to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. In accordance with the 2022 School Admission Appeals Code Appeals, the admission authority and appeal panels have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online.

If you wish to appeal, please use the links below to complete your appeal online.

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 - Link

Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 - Link

Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is highly recommended that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form. Booklet Link 

If your appeal is for Reception, Year 1 or Year 2, you are strongly advised to read the section on Key Stage 1 appeals on page 18.

You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST state the grounds of your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you give the grounds of your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school but please complete a separate appeal form for each school you wish to appeal. No photographs of your child will be accepted.

Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs using a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.

If you wish to contact the clerk, email: clerk@educationappeals.com

Information about Primary Transfer appeals will be posted on this website before 28 February 2026.

The timetable for 'in-year' appeals is as follows:

Last day for lodging appeal forms

20 school days after the decision letter informing you that you had not been offered a place.

Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel

At least 10 school days before the hearing. This may be emailed.

All in year appeal will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal form being lodged.

Closing date for any additional supporting evidence

FIVE working days before your hearing. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please email to clerk@educationappeals.com 

Please note that slightly different rules will apply for any primary transfer appeals into Reception.

Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel

Due to the high number of appeals, an email is sent a few working days after your hearing with the decision of the panel. This is followed up around 10 working days later with a letter outlining the panel’s reasons.