Academy converter · Kent

Amherst School

7–11Ages
385Pupils
PrimaryPhase
136499URN

Witches Lane, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, TN13 2AX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

78%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 10 May 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		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 did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 84% · Maths 86% → all three 78% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard78%70th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard84%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard47%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard84%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth26%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard86%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard44%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Kent median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	78%	22%	109	108
2023/24	80%	25%	108	108
2022/23	81%	20%	109	109

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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

Amherst SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

78%met the SATs standard
Riverhead Infants' School
0.4 km · Kent

Good2023

2.1applications per place
Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
1.3 km · Kent

Standards maintained2025

3.3applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Dunton Green Primary School
1.5 km · Kent

Good2024

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

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks
2.2 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
2.4 km · Kent

2026

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

Good2023

3.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Sundridge and Brasted Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
2.6 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: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 136499 · 886/2141
Trust: Amherst School (ACADEMY) Trust
Capacity: 384 pupils · 385 on roll
Free school meals: 8.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 March 2011
Replaced: Amherst School (URN 118281)
Address: Witches Lane, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, TN13 2AX
Local authority: Kent · Sevenoaks

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