Riverhead Infants' School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Riverhead, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.692 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Riverhead Infants' School is a primary school in Riverhead, Kent for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Riverhead Infants' School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.692 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last Reception offer went to a child living 1.692 miles away, further than in 2025 and 2023; the distance has swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 89 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 80 offers went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- 1.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent is 14.9%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Worships Hill, Riverhead, TN13 2AS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 264 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy and enjoy coming to school.”
- “They are confident and keen to talk about their learning.”
- “They are respectful of each other and know the importance of being kind.”
To improve
- “Leaders are aware more work is needed on this.”
- “In some subjects, the curriculum is less well designed.”
- “While still ambitious, leaders have not yet precisely identified the knowledge they want pupils to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 89 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 80 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Amherst School 0.3 mi Good
- Dunton Green Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sevenoaks Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Sevenoaks 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sundridge and Brasted Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published