Riverhead Infants' School
Worships Hill, Riverhead, TN13 2AS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew King
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 264
- URN
- 118453
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01732452475
About this school
Riverhead Infants' School is a community primary school in Riverhead. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 264 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Riverhead Infants' School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 268 |
| 2023/24 | 270 |
| 2024/25 | 263 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Riverhead Infants' School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.7% | 3.4% | 264 | — |
| Amherst School | 78% | 3.3% | 8.5% | 385 | 0.3 miles |
| Dunton Green Primary School | 43% | 6.2% | 34.3% | 160 | 0.8 miles |
| Sevenoaks Primary School | 65% | 4.3% | 15.3% | 547 | 0.9 miles |
| Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 76% | 4.4% | 6.2% | 196 | 1.0 miles |
| St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks | 89% | 4.1% | 11.8% | 213 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 3.42%
- English as an additional language
- 8%
- Overall absence
- 4.69%
- Persistent absence
- 8.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Amherst School0.3 miles
Primary · Sevenoaks
-
Dunton Green Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Sevenoaks
-
Sevenoaks Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Sevenoaks
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Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Sevenoaks
-
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks1.2 miles
Primary · Sevenoaks
Common questions
- What year groups does Riverhead Infants' School teach?
- Riverhead Infants' School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Riverhead.
- Who is the headteacher of Riverhead Infants' School?
- The headteacher of Riverhead Infants' School is Mr Andrew King, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Riverhead Infants' School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Riverhead Infants' School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Riverhead Infants' School?
- Riverhead Infants' School has 264 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Riverhead Infants' School full?
- Riverhead Infants' School has capacity for 270 pupils and 264 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Riverhead Infants' School a faith school?
- No. Riverhead Infants' School has no designated religious character.
- Does Riverhead Infants' School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Riverhead Infants' School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Riverhead Infants' School's absence rate?
- Riverhead Infants' School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Riverhead Infants' School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Riverhead Infants' School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.