Riverside Primary School, STIRLING
Riverside Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Stirling.
- Attendance
- 93.9%
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 offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 419 pupils, an average class size of 18.2 and 12.9 pupils per teacher.
13% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
19% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 31% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.9% in 2024/25, and 15.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 87% full.
Riverside Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "There are currently 23 classes including 3 Gaelic Medium and 6 Autism classes. There is also a Nursery Class within the School."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Riverside Primary School are Allan's Primary School (0.5 miles), Raploch Primary School (0.7 miles), Our Lady's RC Primary School (0.7 miles) and Cornton Primary School (1 mile).
Allan's Primary SchoolRaploch Primary SchoolOur Lady's RC Primary SchoolCornton Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Stirling Rail Station, about 630 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Riverside Primary School (at), 30 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Riverside Primary School are St Modan's High School (1.1 miles), Wallace High School (1.1 miles) and Stirling High School (1.5 miles).
St Modan's High SchoolWallace High SchoolStirling 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
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 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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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Riverside Primary School
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 Stirling. Stirling 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 Stirling will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Stirling - 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 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Riverside Primary School?
Riverside Primary School is at Forrest Road, STIRLING, STIRLING, FK8 1UJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)