Riverside Primary School and Nursery
About Riverside Primary School and Nursery
Riverside Primary School and Nursery sits within the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority, a borough with 46 primary schools of which seven hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself ranks 24th out of 28 primaries in the LA on the key stage two expected standard measure, placing it in the bottom half locally. For context, the top-performing peers in the area are Lowbrook Academy, St Francis Catholic Primary School in South Ascot, and St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery, all of which score significantly higher on the same ranking metric. Riverside’s closest Outstanding-rated school is St Luke’s CofE Primary School, just 0. 3 kilometres away. The school is a state-funded mixed primary with a nursery, serving children aged three to eleven, and is led by headteacher Richard Daniels. It has no religious character and operates as a non-boarding, non-selective school with a total capacity of 480 pupils, though current numbers sit at 374.
Key Details
The full report on this school
The inspection in plain English, admissions context, and how this school compares to nearby alternatives — all in one full school report.
- Ofsted inspection in plain EnglishStrengths, concerns and what inspectors flagged
- Parent View survey resultsWhat parents told Ofsted — when the school has 10+ responses
- Where Ofsted and parents disagreeGaps to probe + questions to ask at the open day
- Admissions & catchmentAdmission criteria, distance cutoffs (where the LA publishes them)
- Nearby schools comparedBackup options with Ofsted, demand and distance
- Attendance & behaviour dataPersistent absentees, suspensions and exclusions vs national
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
11 Jul 2023Source: Ofsted, 27 Sept 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Resourced ProvisionSource: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:45 – 15:15
Breakfast club
08:00-08:45
Source: riversideprimaryschool.org.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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