Riverside Primary School, North Shields
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 Primary has built a happy, welcoming school where pupils show high levels of respect and feel very safe. The school is particularly strong at supporting disadvantaged pupils and those with special needs, helping them make consistently good progress from below-average starting points. Teachers create engaging lessons that help pupils enjoy learning, shown by improved attendance rates.
Key Strengths
- Strong leadership with a clear focus on improving teaching and raising standards
- Good progress for all pupils, including disadvantaged children and those with special needs, from below-average starting points
- Skilled teaching assistants who provide significant support to individuals and small groups
- Excellent care and safeguarding procedures that make pupils feel very safe and secure
- Well-planned, broad curriculum with strong links to local history and plenty of outdoor learning opportunities
Areas for Improvement
- Progress rates need to be more consistently outstanding across all year groups
- Best teaching practice should be shared more widely throughout the school
- Some pupils are not challenged enough, causing the pace of learning to slow and concentration to drop
- High-quality marking and feedback is not yet consistent across all classes
- A few pupils sometimes don't work hard enough in lessons
Safeguarding
Safeguarding and child protection procedures are effective and meet all requirements, with exemplary practice demonstrated in day-to-day management of the school.
Extracurricular Activities
Breakfast club, school council, eco warriors, playground buddy scheme, fencing, archery, golf, after-school sports coaching
Riverside Primary School is a good school with a very effective headteacher and experienced leadership team who are highly ambitious about raising pupil attainment and well-being. Recent actions have improved teaching quality, resulting in good and improving achievement.
At a Glance
82.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 73%. Maths has remained stable at around 64%. Writing has remained stable at around 68%.
Class Sizes
19.4
Avg class size
20.0
Infant (KS1)
19.0
KS2
7
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
63%
Available places
148 pupils
236 capacity
88 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - North Shields
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for North Shields
Admissions Demand - North Tyneside
Places available
2,530
Applications
2,044
Got 1st preference
92.4%
Got preferred school
97.5%
Primary admissions across North Tyneside (2025/26)
Inspection History(107)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.24498%
Overall absence
24.03101%
Persistent absence
129
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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