Primary
Amherst School
Witches Lane, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, TN13 2AX
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 385 of 384 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
- Local authority
- Kent
- Trust
- AMHERST SCHOOL (ACADEMY) TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 32.5
- Pupils per adult
- 11.6
- Pupils
- 378
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
78%
10 points above the Sevenoaks average (68% across 21 schools)
109.0
1.3 above the Sevenoaks average (107.7 across 21 schools)
5th of 21 by our score, among the primary schools in Sevenoaks we can score - 24 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 108 |
| Average reading score | 109 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 78% |
| Working at a higher standard | 22% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 81% |
| 23/24 | 80% |
| 24/25 | 78% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
Witches Lane, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, TN13 2AX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Andrew Reid
- Address
- Witches Lane, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, TN13 2AX
- Telephone
- 01732452577
Other primary schools nearby
- Riverhead Infants' SchoolNot enough data
- Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School7.1/10
- Dunton Green Primary School5.2/10
- Sevenoaks Primary School6.5/10
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks9.3/10
- Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks8.8/10