Riverhead Infants' School

Community school·Infant school Riverhead, Kent·TN13 2AS

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Riverhead Infants' School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

90%

89 first choices, 90 places

First choices per place

0.99

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

192

any preference, for 90 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9520221.2320231.0020241.1620250.992026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Riverhead Infants' School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 263
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

3.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

8.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.4%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

7.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,457

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Amherst School Sevenoaks · 0.2 mi 76.4 Sevenoaks Primary School Sevenoaks · 0.8 mi 58.6 Dunton Green Primary School Sevenoaks · 0.9 mi 32.6 Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Sevenoaks · 1.0 mi 65.7 St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks Sevenoaks · 1.2 mi 87.0 Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks Sevenoaks · 1.3 mi 73.3 St John's Church of England Primary School, Sevenoaks Sevenoaks · 1.4 mi 67.8 Sundridge and Brasted Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Sevenoaks · 1.8 mi 37.1

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Riverhead Infants' School is a primary school serving Riverhead, Kent, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 263 pupils aged 5 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Riverhead Infants' School 'Good'.

90% of the families who made Riverhead Infants' School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 3% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.