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01/04/25

Year 5 had a lovely netball showcase session this afternoon. Thank you to all the parents who were able to attend. pic.twitter.com/TrGCIhzNa8

01/04/25

Four Year 5 children enjoyed a visit to for an exciting ambition event run by Mr Still. We loved all of the problem solving games! pic.twitter.com/gZJgP74frW

31/03/25

Ash class enjoyed finishing their afternoon by reading for pleasure. Thank you for the kind donation of the tyres, which the children found surprisingly very comfy! pic.twitter.com/DGmRUlxl0D

31/03/25

Ash class enjoyed their time this afternoon reading for pleasure. Thank you to those who donated the tyres, which the children found very surprisingly very comfy! pic.twitter.com/5VZrb1PhZC

31/03/25

Children had a brilliant time at the Netball Skills event this week. KS1 developed their throwing and catching skills, while LKS2 looked at game rules and tactics and UKS2 got through to the quarter finals in their tournament in the afternoon! 🏐 pic.twitter.com/dcsDMp09m4

28/03/25

Thank you to the very generous parents who gifted Mrs Choudhury with a special gift to celebrate Eid. pic.twitter.com/rk5Y6ec0qQ

28/03/25

Amal in Willow class has completed a wonderful project all about animal adaptations and climate change at home. She has learned some amazing information and facts that she was then able to share with the class! pic.twitter.com/YxrGchezCI

28/03/25

Year 2 had a fantastic parent showcase session and sewed the most creative finger puppets for their DT final outcome! pic.twitter.com/7l1bA8eO5Q

26/03/25

Raluka, in Willow Class spent time at home making a Tudor house following our history learning on The Great Fire of London. In D.T., we have also looked at architectural features of Tudor houses - can you name any? pic.twitter.com/7Dg4kbGSQj

26/03/25

Year 4 had a fantastic time at Kent County Showground performing their spy dance to a full audience of PE teachers across Kent. They even got a breakdancing and football trick show from and finished the day with a water fight! Well done Birch Class dance 🕺 pic.twitter.com/bu8exlwCKd

26/03/25

Year 6 have completed some excellent diagrams of the heart and written about its functions in Science. pic.twitter.com/Dan2QJA2CC

26/03/25

Four of our budding authors met earlier this week to learn about how to improve their writing. They had a very inspiring morning. Thank you to for hosting. pic.twitter.com/hQ03GOsf1S

24/03/25

Willow class had a wonderful time today as Bockett’s farm. We were able to learn a lot of information about horses, see newly born piglets, ride on a tractor, touch a variety of small animals, and even became recycling superstars! Thank you , we had the best day! pic.twitter.com/dZWDKAWVgF

24/03/25

We have thoroughly enjoyed every second of our trip to ! We’ve learned about the names of male, female and young animals and even got a ride on a tractor! pic.twitter.com/YkpOEAU5eU

24/03/25

Eddie in Year 2 has been telling us all about the Rugby Tournament he took part in over the weekend. Well done Eddie! 🏉 If you have taken part in any exciting sporting events outside of school, we would love to hear about it! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/PDLgSVRR6W

21/03/25

Well done to our Year 4 mathematicians this week who came 3rd in The VIAT Maths Challenge! 🥉 pic.twitter.com/PsFTQedSCY

21/03/25

KS2 enjoying the sunshine at lunchtime today. pic.twitter.com/3YWEiUSsrI

21/03/25

Year 1 had a wonderful time at their phonics parent showcase. They were able to show their fantastic phonics knowledge and engage in some fun activities such as phonics snakes and ladders! pic.twitter.com/kGrhpdqhWn

21/03/25

Year 6 were lucky enough to experience a heart dissection workshop (linking to our current science topic, and novel - Pig Heart Boy) with Dr Crouch - and three of his Sixth Form students - from Invicta Grammar School. pic.twitter.com/GI5b7CoAn1

20/03/25

Thanks to Lynn’s Little Bookshop for our fabulous competition prize! pic.twitter.com/Vwb9923Uui

18/03/25

Well done to some of our Year 4 mathematicians for competing in the VIPS maths competition. pic.twitter.com/Kn4mp7F5vo

14/03/25

Year 1 Willow class had a wonderful time exploring their 5 senses yesterday. They used their senses to identify different tastes, textures, smells, sounds, and how objects look! pic.twitter.com/k4JXJf5lDW

14/03/25

Year 1 are enjoying every moment of their History and D.T. learning. We have been learning about The Great Fire of London in History. We will a create our very own Tudor houses with hinge joints, wooden beams, small windows and many other interesting architectural features. pic.twitter.com/OOfFlZhyXG

14/03/25

Elm Class have worked incredibly hard to become poets this week! Here is a range of writing from our publishing lesson. If you read the riddles, can you guess what is being described? pic.twitter.com/1yXlVpR0F9

14/03/25

Thank you to who put on a 1-hour session for our girls football team today. The girls have all been invited to trial for the player development squad which they are all extremely excited about! pic.twitter.com/MJ69t2jcbW

Special Education Needs and Disability Information

SENCO: Mrs Sophie Varnham        E-mail: SENCO@aylesford.viat.org.uk

Our Ethos and Values

At Valley Invicta Primary School at Aylesford, we are proud to be an inclusive environment, welcoming children with a range of learning and physical disabilities to our school. We work hard to get to know every child in our care and do what we can to support children’s individual learning needs. We work well as a team and include children, parents and other professionals as part of this. All staff have high expectations of children and set challenging learning targets. We have clear plans to support children in achieving these goals and provide parents with details of these. We run a range of specific, targeted and effective interventions but believe that children are best supported by outstanding classroom practice and quality first teaching. We believe in early identification so that the right support can be put in place. We want every child to reach their potential and want to support children and their families in removing any barriers to achieving this.

The SENCO

At Valley Invicta Primary School at Aylesford, the person than co-ordinates provision for children with special educational needs or disabilities is Sophie Varnham. She can be contacted at school on 01622 718192. Mrs Varnham would be happy to meet with you, by appointment, to discuss your child.

SEN and Disability Policies and the New Code of Practice

From 1 September 2014, the government introduced a new SEN Code of Practice.
The SEN and Disability policy is was developed with parents and other stakeholders and this is available on our website.

Kent County Council produces a document called Mainstream Core Standards, which we abide by at Valley Invicta Primary School at Aylesford. This document sets out the school’s responsibility to meeting the needs of children with SEN&D. 

How we support children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

We believe that the early identification of pupils with additional educational needs is vital as this enables the child’s needs to be assessed and provided for accordingly. Our teachers are highly trained in many areas of special educational needs and specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, Autistic Spectrum Disorders and Speech and Language difficulties. Wherever possible, teachers will adapt their teaching style in class and give different work tasks to children so that every child can achieve and make progress; we call this differentiation. For most children, their needs can be met through this approach.

In some cases, even if a special educational need has not been identified, we put in place extra support to enable the pupil to catch up or keep up with their peers academically, socially or physically. These may be in the form of additional in-class support, which we call ‘quality first teaching’ or a special outside of class provision called an ‘intervention’. 

We currently offer the following types of intervention: booster classes, Read, Write Inc small group and 1:1 interventions, 1:1 reading, reading groups, maths groups, Speechlink programmes, Language Link programmes, BEAM, BEAM Plus, Clever Fingers, specific programmes, designed by speech therapists, OT and physiotherapists, social skills groups, as well as other interventions we have designed ourselves.

The range and type of interventions are constantly changing or being added to. Please speak to your child’s class teacher or Mr Harrington, Headteacher, if you would like any further information about the provision we have in school.

Access to outside services

As a school, we can currently make referrals to outside professionals including:

  • the NHS for speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and paediatricians;
  • agencies that support at family-level such as support workers or family advisors;
  • the specialist teaching service covering all areas or SEN and Disability;
  • councillors;

We can also use our funding to pay for an educational psychologist or alternative, private therapists e.g. Play Therapists, if it is appropriate to do so.

We would discuss the need for outside agency involvement with parents first.

Further Information and Support

As a school we are committed to working to support the whole family and Mr Harrington, Headteacher, is available to offer further advice and guidance to parents.  We have also found Kent Parent Partnership to be an invaluable resource to parents. Information about how they may be able to help can be found on their website, alongside some really helpful downloads about SEN and Disability across Kent.

Any complaints from parents of children with SEND should be directed to Dr A Ekins, SEN Director for the Trust.

Email: a.ekins@viat.org.uk

To read our SEN and Disability Policy and Accessibility Policy, please visit our Policies page.