Riverside Primary School, Wirral
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Riverside creates a warm, inclusive community where children love coming to school and feel genuinely safe. The school excels at supporting all learners, including those needing extra help and those in specialist provision. Teachers bring learning to life through creative topics and meaningful activities that build confidence and foster respect for differences.
Key Strengths
- Pupils are enthusiastic, happy, and feel safe with staff creating warm and nurturing relationships
- Strong behaviour and spiritual, moral, social and cultural development grounded in respect and tolerance
- Good achievement across different groups including the most able and disadvantaged pupils
- Specialist provision is calm and meets pupils' needs very well
- Strong support for vulnerable pupils and those needing extra help
Areas for Improvement
- Not all leaders have sufficient skills to drive improvements to teaching across subjects
- Some governors lack skills to ask challenging questions about pupil achievement and funding impact
- Assessment information is not used effectively enough to identify weaknesses, especially for most able disadvantaged pupils
- Most able disadvantaged pupils do not make swift gains in writing and mathematics
- Pupils cannot use basic maths skills well enough to solve problems; some pupils have weak communication skills
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with a strong culture of vigilance, up-to-date knowledge among staff, clear reporting systems, and good partnerships with external agencies.
Extracurricular Activities
Tennis, rugby, judo, ballet, football, volleyball
Riverside Primary School is a good school where pupils love learning and feel safe in a warm, nurturing environment that promotes respect and tolerance. Standards are broadly average in writing and mathematics, with higher achievement in reading across all pupil groups.
At a Glance
76.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 60% to 53%. Maths has remained stable at around 57%. Writing has declined from 67% to 57%.
Class Sizes
14.9
Avg class size
28.0
Infant (KS1)
17.0
KS2
10
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
82%
Available places
251 pupils
307 capacity
56 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Wirral
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Admissions Demand - Wirral
Places available
3,860
Applications
2,952
Got 1st preference
96.0%
Got preferred school
99.1%
Primary admissions across Wirral (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.37412%
Overall absence
17.36842%
Persistent absence
190
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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