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.
Latest News
Highlights from the 2025 Trust Athletics Tournament
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A Hands-On Day of STEM Learning
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On Tuesday 7th October, 8 children from Year 3 and Year 4 represented the school in the Year ¾ Champions Trophy Tournament. They played in 5 games in total, followed by friendlies and finished the games with these impressive results!
2:0 Win
2:0 Win
2:2 Draw
0:0 Draw
2:0 Loss
The children ended the tournament achieving a respectable 3rd place in their group. An excellent result! Well done Year 3 and Year 4!
On Tuesday 7th October, 8 children from Year 3 and Year 4 participated in the Champions Trophy at Princes Park in Dartford. Out of 236 children, our very own Eve won player of the tournament. A fantastic achievement and we are all incredibly proud of her! Keep your eyes peeled for our future lioness.
Year 5 Harvest Festival Celebration 🌾🎶
Our Year 5 pupils led a wonderful Harvest Festival celebration this week!
They performed beautifully for the whole school and their families, sharing songs and messages about thankfulness. In the afternoon, they gave another wonderful performance for the Year 6 grandparents, who were just as impressed. The children were absolutely fantastic as they sang beautifully, spoke confidently, and made us all so proud.
A huge thank you to everyone who brought in donations. Together, our school collected a fantastic amount of food for our local food bank. 🍎🥕🍞
🚌 What an unforgettable day in the City! 🏙️
Upper Key Stage Two had a fantastic time exploring London through history, architecture and civic tradition. We kicked off at the Bank of England Museum, where students discovered how money works, from ancient coins to modern notes, even getting to hold a real gold bar!
Next, we wandered past Guildhall and visited the The London Centre next door to see the giant scale models of London, the 1:2000 “New London Model” stretching over 16.5 m with 21 boroughs and 42 km of the Thames, and a detailed 1:500 City model showing the skyline and future developments.
We spotted familiar landmarks, the Shard, St Paul’s, Tower Bridge, and had great conversations about how the city has changed over time.
We were also lucky enough to catch the Lord Mayor of London in procession! As you may know, a new Lord Mayor is elected each year (yesterday was the day), and this parade is part of the centuries-old “Lord Mayor’s Show” tradition, where the newly sworn-in Lord Mayor makes a ceremonial route through the City.
Then on to St Paul’s Cathedral, where we paused to admire the grand architecture and soak in the atmosphere. And what better lunch spot than right in front of St Paul’s, a beautiful view and time for reflection.
