Amherst School

Witches Lane

Riverhead
Sevenoaks
Kent
England

TN132AX

📞 phone: 01732 452577

👨‍🏫 headteacher: Mr Andrew Reid

379 pupils mixed gender
384 pupils capacity: 99% full

Last updated: 28. March 2023

Trust school: Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN: 136499
Education phase: Primary
Establishment type: Academy converter
Establishment #: 2141
Open date: 1. March 2011
Reason open: Academy Converter
OSGB coordinates: Easting: 550933, Northing: 155835
GPS coordinates: Latitude: 51.282, Longitude: 0.16277
Accepting pupils: 7—11 years old
Boarders: No boarders
Census date: 20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection: 11. May 2022
Region › Const. › Ward: South East › Sevenoaks › Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge
Free school meals %: 4.00
Trust: AMHERST SCHOOL (ACADEMY) TRUST
Learning provider ref #: 10033038

Mrs Carolyn Swain, Local Governor
(25. November 2021—5. July 2022)
Mrs Susan Arnold, Local Governor
(9. June 2022—8. June 2026)
Mrs Emily Grier, Local Governor
(22. May 2019—21. May 2023)
Ms Patricia Jones, Local Governor
(25. November 2021—24. November 2025)
Mr Andrew Reid, Local Governor
(1. September 2013—None)
Mrs Emma Louise Adair, Local Governor
(3. December 2022—2. December 2026)
Ms Emma Louise Allen, Local Governor
(28. January 2019—27. January 2023)
Mrs Tamsin Sarah Collins, Local Governor
(13. June 2019—12. June 2023)
Mr Samuel Allen Brockington-Belli, Local Governor
(14. May 2019—13. May 2023)
Mr Joshua Amott, Local Governor
(1. February 2021—31. January 2025)
Mrs Lea Sarah Trussler, Local Governor
(11. February 2021—10. February 2025)
Mrs Louise Margaret Austin, Chair of Local Governing Body
(2. November 2022—1. November 2026)
Mr David Hale, Local Governor
(2. July 2021—5. July 2022)
Miss Anya Louise Jones, Local Governor
(29. November 2021—28. November 2025)
Mrs Xanthippi Arvanitidou Kapos, Local Governor
(29. November 2021—28. November 2025)
Mrs Nicola Browning, Local Governor
(15. March 2022—14. March 2026)
Miss Lorna Harvey, Local Governor
(9. June 2022—8. June 2026)
Mrs Rosa Carmen Alvarado Sanchez, Local Governor
(20. October 2022—19. October 2026)
Ms Emily Bethan Pegg, Local Governor
(7. December 2022—6. December 2026)
Mrs Kathryn Victoria Stoneman, Local Governor
(7. December 2022—6. December 2026)

Amherst School, TN132AX
Amherst School, TN132AX (379 pupils)
0.3 miles Riverhead Infants' School, TN132AS (269 pupils)
0.8 miles Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, TN132SA (186 pupils)
0.9 miles The Granville School, TN133LJ (167 pupils)
1 mile Dunton Green Primary School, TN132UR (177 pupils)
1 mile The Bradbourne School, TN133LE
1 mile St Hilary's School, TN133LD
1 mile Knole Academy, TN133LE (1389 pupils)
1.1 miles Sevenoaks Primary School, TN133LB (604 pupils)
1.2 miles Beth Marie Centre, TN133QN
1.3 miles St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks, TN131EH
1.3 miles St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks, TN131EH (217 pupils)
1.5 miles Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks, TN133RW (420 pupils)
1.5 miles The New Beacon School, TN132PB (336 pupils)
1.5 miles Walthamstow Hall, TN133UL (577 pupils)
1.6 miles St John's Church of England Primary School, Sevenoaks, TN133XD (206 pupils)
1.6 miles Sundridge and Brasted Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, TN146EA (63 pupils)
1.7 miles Radnor House Sevenoaks, TN146AE (508 pupils)
1.8 miles Sevenoaks School, TN131HU (1168 pupils)
1.9 miles Solefield School, TN131PH (144 pupils)
2 miles The Wildernesse School, TN133SN
2 miles The Beth Marie School, TN133QN
2 miles Trinity School, TN133SL (1060 pupils)
2.1 miles West Heath School, TN131SR (136 pupils)