Community school · Kent

Riverhead Infants' School

5–7Ages
264Pupils
PrimaryPhase
118453URN

Worships Hill, Riverhead, TN13 2AS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

0.3 below Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

192 applications for 90 places · 251st of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.1applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Kent median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

192 applications · 90 places offered · 89 named it first

2026 2.1; Kent median median 2.4
2025 2.3; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.1; Kent median median 2.4
2023 2.4; Kent median median 2.3
2022 2.1; Kent median median 2.1
2021 2.2; Kent median median 2.2
2020 2.7; Kent median median 2.2
2019 2.4; Kent median median 2.1
2018 2.4; Kent median median 2.1
2017 2.2; Kent median median 2.2
2016 2.4; Kent median median 2.5
2015 3.0; Kent median median 2.4
2014 3.3; Kent median median 2.3

This school
Kent median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	90	192	2.1	89	0.99
Sep 2025	90	205	2.3	104	1.16
Sep 2024	90	193	2.1	90	1.00
Sep 2023	90	214	2.4	111	1.23
Sep 2022	86	180	2.1	82	0.95
Sep 2021	90	200	2.2	105	1.17
Sep 2020	90	247	2.7	129	1.43
Sep 2019	90	214	2.4	104	1.16
Sep 2018	90	216	2.4	115	1.28
Sep 2017	89	199	2.2	79	0.89
Sep 2016	89	217	2.4	98	1.10
Sep 2015	90	270	3.0	120	1.33
Sep 2014	89	294	3.3	158	1.78

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Riverhead Infants' SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

2.1applications per place
Amherst School
0.4 km · Kent

Good2022

78%met the SATs standard
Dunton Green Primary School
1.3 km · Kent

Good2024

2.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Sevenoaks Primary School
1.4 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
1.6 km · Kent

Standards maintained2025

3.3applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks
2.0 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.8applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks
2.1 km · Kent

2026

3.3applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
St John's Church of England Primary School, Sevenoaks
2.2 km · Kent

Good2023

3.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Sundridge and Brasted Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
3.0 km · Kent

Good2023

2.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 118453 · 886/2459
Capacity: 270 pupils · 264 on roll
Free school meals: 1.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 26 February 1997
Address: Worships Hill, Riverhead, TN13 2AS
Local authority: Kent · Sevenoaks

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources