Riverbank Primary School, COATBRIDGE
Riverbank Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Coatbridge.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Riverbank Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Riverbank Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Riverbank Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 362 pupils, an average class size of 25.9 and 18.3 pupils per teacher.
14% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
32% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 12% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.2% in 2024/25, and 24% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 68% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Riverbank Primary School are St Stephen's Primary School (0.3 miles), St Bernard's Primary School (0.8 miles), Shawhead Primary School (0.8 miles) and All Saints Primary School (0.9 miles).
St Stephen's Primary SchoolSt Bernard's Primary SchoolShawhead Primary SchoolAll Saints Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Whifflet Rail Station, about 1120 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Laxford Street (opposite), 50 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Riverbank Primary School are Coatbridge High School (0.9 miles) and St Andrew's High School (1.2 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Riverbank Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 9 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Riverbank Primary School
What is the catchment area for Riverbank Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Riverbank Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Riverbank Primary School?
If you live in Riverbank Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Riverbank Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 9 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Riverbank Primary School?
Riverbank Primary School is at 1 Paddock Street, COATBRIDGE, COATBRIDGE, ML5 4PG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)