Riverside Primary School, PERTH
Riverside Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 90.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Riverside Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Riverside 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.
Riverside Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 320 pupils, an average class size of 21.3 and 14.3 pupils per teacher.
51% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 60% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
15% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.9% in 2024/25, and 32.3% 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 64% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Riverside Primary School are Tulloch Primary School (0.3 miles), Goodlyburn Primary School (0.6 miles), St Ninian's Episcopal Primary School (0.9 miles) and Letham Primary School (0.9 miles).
Tulloch Primary SchoolGoodlyburn Primary SchoolSt Ninian's Episcopal Primary SchoolLetham Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Perth Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Jura Street (at), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Riverside Primary School are Perth Grammar School (0.4 miles), St John's RC Academy (0.6 miles), Bertha Park High School (1.4 miles) and Perth High School (1.6 miles).
Perth Grammar SchoolSt John's RC AcademyBertha Park High SchoolPerth High School
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 Riverside 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
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 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 Riverside Primary School
What is the catchment area for Riverside Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Riverside 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 Perth & Kinross. Perth & Kinross publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Riverside Primary School?
If you live in Riverside Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Perth & Kinross will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Perth & Kinross - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Riverside Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Riverside Primary School?
Riverside Primary School is at Argyll Road, PERTH, PERTH, PH1 3BB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)