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.

Academically, Riverside’s most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2023 awarded it a Good rating across all categories, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This marks a clear improvement from its previous inspection in November 2019, when the school was rated Requires Improvement overall, with a score of 3 in quality of education and leadership. In the 2023/24 key stage two assessments, 46% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the LA average of 64%. The school’s average scores in reading and maths were both 103, and while 68% met the expected standard in maths, only 20% achieved the higher standard. In reading, 61% reached the expected level and 25% hit the higher threshold. Writing saw 59% at expected and just 4% at the higher level. The school ranks in the bottom 50% nationally, at the 84th percentile, and 85th percentile within the South East region.

Riverside offers a broad range of facilities including a library, dining hall, outdoor playground, playing fields, sports hall, and a chapel. Sports provision covers football, cricket, tennis, gymnastics, rounders, athletics, and cross country, while clubs include book club, coding, film club, and drama. The school has a strong SEND focus, with provisions for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication difficulties, visual and multi-sensory impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder, alongside a resourced provision. Admission data for 2025/26 shows the school is oversubscribed: 78 applications were received for 44 places, with 24 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.77. With 36.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals, Riverside serves a relatively disadvantaged intake compared with the LA average. This is a school that has made solid progress from Requires Improvement to Good, and suits families who value strong SEND support and a broad extracurricular offer within a diverse community.

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