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10/03/25

On Friday morning, Mr Littleton took the Year 6 girls over to SST to take part in a football festival to celebrate International Women’s Day. It was so lovely to see our Stingray girls working alongside and making new friends with other girls from across the trust. RRSA Article 8 pic.twitter.com/mlCHqUhAis— VIPS () March 10, 2025

07/03/25

Today, Year 5 took part in an Anglo-Saxon experience day! We tried our hands at milling flour, making medicines, calligraphy and spinning our very own clothes out of wool! pic.twitter.com/Rz73oSCToO— VIPS () March 7, 2025

06/03/25

For British Science Week, Stingray Class took part in an investigation that focused upon how fatbergs are created & the negative effect that they have upon both the environment and our health. pic.twitter.com/5EY7jgXOT9— VIPS () March 6, 2025

28/02/25

Year 2 travelled across the world this morning to visit Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War. The children learnt how to clean the hospital as well as be amazing nurses. pic.twitter.com/KnN9xbn5te— VIPS () February 28, 2025

27/02/25

Daisy, Jean, Jess & Sam P from Stingrays attended the Mayoral Debate and took part in discussions about homework, technology & the length of the school day. They were brilliant school representatives, listening respectfully & contributing their views confidently & articulately. pic.twitter.com/7uUpH0fpuy— VIPS () February 27, 2025

13/02/25

Dolphins and Turtles were so lucky to receive a dance workshop from Mrs Knight this morning! We learnt a routine from Sister Act: The Musical – Mr B and Miss Burrell were thoroughly impressed by the enthusiasm and creativity shown! pic.twitter.com/rFqJS44Htm— VIPS () February 13, 2025

12/02/25

Our Yr6 Digital & Safeguarding leaders led an assembly discussing key learning points from the Safer Internet Day focus of ‘Too good to be true’. The children wrote a script, including key questions & scenarios that they felt were essential learning points for the whole school pic.twitter.com/wBiKjXf5Ff— VIPS () February 12, 2025

11/02/25

It was our final week of Macrame club this week and just look at these incredible creations! pic.twitter.com/62VCswmzML— VIPS () February 11, 2025

07/02/25

On Wednesday afternoon, a team of Year 6 children took part in a STEM challenge at Invicta Grammar School. The activities were incredibly enjoyable and our amazing children showed such superb teamwork during all of the challenges! pic.twitter.com/RsLeyM6JUh— VIPS () February 7, 2025

30/01/25

This week, Mr Littleton took a team of Year 4 children to SST to take part in the VIAT Bench ball tournament. Our incredible children battled hard and showed such incredible determination and teamwork! We are so proud of them! pic.twitter.com/7Z9UHY0oHA— VIPS () January 30, 2025

23/01/25

Stingray class are thoroughly enjoying learning about Sikhism in their RE lessons! Did you know that the Khalsa is the name given to devout Sikhs who have been baptised! pic.twitter.com/NF6pYD9CAR— VIPS () January 23, 2025

23/01/25

This week in Science, Dolphin class has been looking at how to classify flowering and non-flowering plants, as part of our lifecycles topic! pic.twitter.com/eY79uDnVAM— VIPS () January 23, 2025

17/01/25

This week, Turtles went back in time… To the Roman era! We had an incredible time dressing up and exploring life as a Roman, including games, battles, entertainment and theatre! Everyone joined in and threw themselves into their roles – we were very convincing! pic.twitter.com/K3UAq8sIAq— VIPS () January 17, 2025

20/12/24

Happy Christmas from us all at VIPS Kings Hill pic.twitter.com/LQIHj7BPtQ— VIPS () December 20, 2024

06/12/24

Today, Turtles had a fantastic Maths lesson! We tested both our construction & times tables skills as we made times tables fortune tellers! We tested our friends on each times table & Miss Burrell & Mrs Hedge could not believe how unbelievable our knowledge is! Well done Turtles! pic.twitter.com/MYsWxifJ4i— VIPS () December 6, 2024

03/12/24

As part of our SRP life skills curriculum, Penguins had a very successful trip to Costa. We worked on road safety and everyone was sensible on the walk to and from Costa. The whole group were very sensible inside the café and were respectful to the other members of the community pic.twitter.com/7S2uAKgboF— VIPS () December 3, 2024

28/11/24

This week, as part of our preparations for Friday’s Xmas Fair, Dolphin class made their very own edible ‘Christmas Treats’ using Rice Crispies, marshmallows, green food dye and sweets! Yum yum! pic.twitter.com/NgQia3Pc64— VIPS () November 28, 2024

14/11/24

On Tuesday afternoon, Mr Littleton took a group of Year 1 and 2 children over to Eastborough to compete in the Change4Life athletics event. Our AMAZING athletes worked incredibly hard to secure a well-deserved silver medal position! We are so proud of them all!— VIPS () November 14, 2024

06/11/24

Turtles have been working hard to identify the features of a newspaper report! They have been identifying features such as headlines, paragraphs, past tense and the 5 W’s ready to write our report tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/gf9wCDbsHZ— VIPS () November 6, 2024

10/10/24

Our Rights Respecting team delivered our Harvest donations to Maidstone Day Centre & had the opportunity to look around the centre and learn all about what they do for vulnerable adults. The children had a great time and asked some really interesting questions. RRArticles2,17&26 pic.twitter.com/poscPxYe82— VIPS () October 10, 2024

09/10/24

Another trophy for the MIGHTY Kings Hill! A team of Yr5 children took part in the VIAT Tag Ruby tournament. Our amazing children were crowned CHAMPIONS after 4 truly incredible performances on the rugby field. A highlight was our team winning 14–1 in their final game! pic.twitter.com/1nmZzHz2F1— VIPS () October 9, 2024

02/10/24

This morning in our sketchbook lesson, Seals did some beautiful observational sketches of some Rudbeckia flowers. Later on in our science lesson we will label them with the vocabulary that we learn for parts of a flower. pic.twitter.com/35UOb8U9nz— VIPS () October 2, 2024

26/09/24

This week, Dolphin class perfected their trampoline skills as part of the ‘Beyond Bounce’ workshop in the hall! We definitely got the blood flowing and worked up a sweat!

26/09/24

The VIAT Kings Hill staff have been blessed today with a morning tea and coffee run from Mrs Hall and Miss Burrell! Just what we needed to get going on a soggy Thursday!

26/09/24

On Thursday afternoon, Mr Littleton took a group of Year 6 children to Invicta to take part in the VIAT Trampette ball tournament. Our INCREDIBLE children showed unbelievable teamwork and skill to finish the tournament as CHAMPIONS! We are so proud of each and every one of them!

Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Term Time

Type of Position:Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Subject:Primary Education
Salary:VIAT 4 (£17,154 - £18,969 pro rata)
Start Date:ASAP
Closing Date: 1 December 2023, 12 noon

Experienced HLTA

Term time only, 37 hrs per week 8am - 4pm

Valley Invicta Primary at Kings Hill

We are seeking to recruit an experienced, passionate, and effective HLTA, to join our successful, happy and dedicated staff community.

Our school is excited to be able to appoint a new member to our team who has qualifications, skills, and ambition to work flexibly across the school with our mainstream pupils and those in our Speialist Resource Provision.

The role is to support PPA and enable specific pupils accomplish their learning and personal targets to the highest standards.

This person will work alongside the SLT, SENCo and other teachers to lead quality learning, supporting the creative delivery of the curriculum in ways to build confidence in personal development and full access to a broad and rich learning experiences.

Having a good knowledge of SEND, IT programmes and creativity to devliver personalised resources and promote independence is necessary.

The school team are highly motivated to enable all children to succeed, and this career opportunity would enable the right candidate to work continue to develop outstanding practice while building their own career path supported through a bespoke career programme.

It is a permanent role.

Essential skills

  • The use of independent initiative when supporting pupils in all key stages.
  • The ability to work with a team in a responsive and flexible manner, responding to the instruction and advice of the SENCo and class teachers.
  • Ability to reflect and see solutions in daily teaching, in own practice and that of the team.
  • To share ideas for the adjustment of learning so that pupils know and remember more.
  • To use presence and a consistent approach to reflect our GOLD Rights Respecting status and give positive feedback and next steps for pupils.
  • To build effective trusting relationships with the whole school team and link professionally with parents and otjher professionals as required.
  • To use creativity to bring ideas and an enthusiastic approach to enable all children to reach their full potential.
  • A willingness and interest in using CPD to further develop career.

What we offer 

  • A friendly and inclusive team who are supportive of one another and focused on well-being.
  • Fantastic pupils who want to learn.
  • Opportunities and support for career development that includes coaching.
  • The chance to work across schools as part of our small and friendly Academy Trust.

We warmly invite visits to our school to see how we work and to find out more about the role.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.  As part of the shortlisting process, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview stage.

A copy of our school's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be found here.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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