Riverhead Infants' School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Riverhead · TN13 2AS · Kent
Ages 5–7
- Absence4.1%
- FSM1.5%
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 136499
Amherst School
Academy converter · Sevenoaks · TN13 2AX
Ages 7–11 · 385 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
81%
Overall absence
4.3%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-05-10
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)81%
Higher standard (RWM)20%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.2%
Unauthorised0.5%
- Authorised absence
- 3.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 387
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
385 pupils · 384 places
- Pupils on roll
- 385
- Boys / girls
- 195 / 190
- School capacity
- 384
- Capacity fill
- 385 / 384 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 8.8%
- FSM pupils
- 34
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 7–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: AMHERST SCHOOL (ACADEMY) TRUST
- Academy trust
- AMHERST SCHOOL (ACADEMY) TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Reid
Location
- Address
- Witches Lane, Riverhead
- Postcode
- TN13 2AX
- Town
- Sevenoaks
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 7–11, in Sevenoaks, Kent, 385 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 8.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Sevenoaks · TN13 2SA · Kent
Ages 5–11
- KS279%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM5.6%
0.8 miles away
Dunton Green Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Sevenoaks · TN13 2UP · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM33.1%
1.0 miles away
Sevenoaks Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Sevenoaks · TN13 3LB · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS258%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM16.3%
1.1 miles away
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Sevenoaks · TN13 1EH · Kent
Ages 3–11
- KS259%
- Absence3.4%
- FSM9.1%
1.3 miles away
Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks
Ofsted: Strong standardVoluntary aided school · Primary
Sevenoaks · TN13 3RW · Kent
Ages 5–11
- KS288%
- Absence4.2%
- FSM5.1%
1.5 miles away
Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Sevenoaks · TN13 3XD · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS272%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM14.9%
1.6 miles away
Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Sevenoaks · TN14 6EA · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS244%
- Absence7.8%
- FSM48.7%
1.6 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Reid
- Telephone
- 01732452577