Admissions
Please use this contact for any queries relating to In-Year admissions or Reception applications (Starting Primary School).
The School Tours for Reception 2025 are as follows:
- 24th October 2024 – 9.30am
- 12th November 2024 – 9.30am
- 19th November 2024 – 9.30am and 6.00pm
- 26th November 2024 – 9.30am
- 28th November 2024 – 9.30am
- 3rd December 2024 – 9.30am
- 5th December – 6.00pm
- 7th January 2025 – 9.30am and 6.00pmPlease book your place by contacting the School office via telephone on 01474 566484
Prospective Reception Parents – Parent Tour Presentation
Tours of Riverview for children joining Reception
Appeals
If your child is due to start primary school in September 2024, you can appeal if you are refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Tuesday 16th April 2024). You need to submit your appeal before Tuesday 14th May 2024 for it to be heard before Tuesday 16th July 2024. Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.
For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.
Admission To Riverview Infant School
- Applying to start Primary school in Reception – If your child is due to start Reception and you would like to apply for a place at Riverview Infants, applications can be made to Kent County Council for a place at our school. We encourage parents to come and view our wonderful school and Open Events will be held each Autumn term during the applications window.
- Applying for an ‘In-Year’ place – If you would like your child to start at Riverview Infant School, at any other time than Reception Year in September, please contact Terri Hickey, at the school on 01474 566484.
Our Published Admission Number (PAN) is 120 pupils in each year group.
Oversubscription
All applications to our school are ranked against our oversubscription criteria and places are offered on that basis. For more information on our oversubscription criteria, please see the Determined Admissions arrangements below.
Sibling Links
Once a sibling link has been broken, sibling priority will be permanently lost for that child regardless of any further address moves a family may make in the future.