A warm welcome from our
Headteacher
“Our aim is to make learning fun, enjoyable and inspiring! If we can open children’s minds to accepting a challenge and enjoying meeting it, then we open a world of opportunities for them. Opportunities to meet with success, realise their potential and follow their dreams! Primary school children enjoying their learning is key to future success!”
Aletheia Academies Trust
Horton Kirby Church of England Primary School joined as a member of Aletheia Academies Trust in 2017.
Aletheia is committed to sustaining high-quality schools, and supporting schools in need of specific improvement in some of the more challenging wards in Kent. Our focus is to provide school improvement services that draw on the wealth of practice from across our trust, broaden the expertise available to schools through flexible working arrangements and increase our capacity to quickly respond to the needs of individual schools. Pedagogical excellence is at the heart of all we do with a sustained focus on collaborative and mastery learning.
“Since starting school in September we feel that our daughter has developed most notably with her reading and writing skills. This is undoubtedly down to your (Mrs Philpott) teaching skills and efforts with her and her classmates. She enjoys school so much and only ever talks positively about her day at school. We couldn’t be happier with her progress!”
“I am so pleased how my little girl has developed in the short time she has been in reception and I don’t doubt this is all because of Mrs Philpott and Mrs Wakeman. Her knowledge of numbers and letters has greatly improved. She came home teaching me about digraphs the other day, I was amazed at what she has learnt. She loves to go in every day and comes home with a smile”.
“Just a very quick email to say that we’ve been really impressed with the lessons and resources that have been planned for Oak class this week. Both Mrs Lalli & Miss Harper have put in a lot of thought into making interesting lessons for the children”.
In Key Stage 2 attainment at the higher standard in English grammar, punctuation and spelling test (46%), Maths (54%) and greater depth Writing (34%) were significantly above national and in the highest 20% in 2022.
In Key Stage 1 attainment at the expected standard in Reading (90%), Maths (86%) and Writing (74%) were significantly above national and in the highest 20% in 2022.
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Last week at Horton Kirby, we held a fantastic fundraiser with @prostrikeevents ⚽️
Each child took it in turns to kick a ball three times, with their highest score counting towards the challenge.
Thanks to the incredible effort of our players and the support from families and the community, we managed to raise a brilliant £3,252 🙌
A huge thank you to Pro Strike and to everyone who took part and supported the event!
Yesterday we came dressed ready for a bedtime story or as our favourite book characters, bringing the magic of stories to life.
World Book Day is a wonderful reminder of just how important reading is. Books spark curiosity, inspire creativity, and open the door to endless worlds of imagination.
What an AMAZING experience for some of our Year 4 pupils to attend the Literacy & Physical Literacy Festival – Dragonball! 🐉📚⚽
They stepped into the magical world of Sammy Rambles and truly brought the story to life with their imagination, teamwork, and energy! From exploring the story world to learning and playing the exciting new game of Dragonball, you showed how literacy and sport can come together in such a powerful way.
We loved hearing about how you:
✨ Used your creativity
✨ Worked as a team
✨ Showed determination and resilience
✨ Had fun while learning and moving
What a brilliant way to experience storytelling through action!
A big THANK YOU as always to all the parents/grandparents/carers who take their own child and/or others! 🙂
It`s World Book Day! Today we came dressed ready for a bedtime story or as our favourite book characters, bringing the magic of stories to life.
World Book Day is a wonderful reminder of just how important reading is. Books spark curiosity, inspire creativity, and open the door to endless worlds of imagination.
