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25/04/25

Edith in Willow class recently cut and donated her hair to the Little Princess Trust. We are so proud of her and her act of kindness! pic.twitter.com/6dAV1I18rm

24/04/25

Photos from our Year 6 Mini Marathon! pic.twitter.com/Yxd5MyxR1Y

24/04/25

Photos from our Year 5 Mini Marathon! pic.twitter.com/0ngW6Pc8D8

24/04/25

Photos from our LKS2 Mini Marathon! pic.twitter.com/D6OEeBp9BE

24/04/25

Photos from our EYFS and KS1 Mini Marathon! pic.twitter.com/B9ZBWLVIh3

24/04/25

Year 5 had a great first session from Adrian at Kent Cricket. pic.twitter.com/iIScUEMb1l

24/04/25

Brilliant team-work developing our fitness and running skills in Year 2 PE, despite the rain this week! pic.twitter.com/z7BiirIe2i

24/04/25

On Tuesday some Year 3 and 4 children had the most amazing experience at taking part in a football tournament at Chelsea FC’s training facility in Cobham. The children were given a tour and played 8 matches against schools from all over the South East. pic.twitter.com/2zdUJCEATc

24/04/25

Year 3 and 4 completing the mini marathon today. Well done to everyone for their fantastic effort! pic.twitter.com/0sD2zTA9sN

24/04/25

On Tuesday some Year 3 and 4 children had the most amazing experience at taking part in a football tournament at Chelsea FC’s training facility in Cobham. The children were given a tour of the and played 8 matches against schools from all over the South East. pic.twitter.com/ZusG4mB3AA

23/04/25

Ash class have worked so hard at their maths this year that they got the daily Nerdle in 1! pic.twitter.com/Hq8mmbckKk

04/04/25

Year 4 have celebrated the end of their geography learning with Brazil Day! They have made carnival masks, done some Samba dancing and made brigadeiro (chocolate truffles). pic.twitter.com/a8TUEtqy3M

04/04/25

Well done to Tristan in Chestnut class who received the “Player of the Week” trophy for his achievements in football last weekend! pic.twitter.com/pH7cwlK5fR

04/04/25

Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed their showcase on Wednesday, reciting poetry from the book 100 Brilliant Poems for Children! pic.twitter.com/qXbxDq3akt

03/04/25

Ali in Willow class has spent some time at home creating a representation of what happened to houses during The Great Fire of London! He was also able to share some wonderful facts such as the date of the fire starting. pic.twitter.com/NJFL0mDsKq

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

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.