Riverside Primary School | School performance

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

449

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

449

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

449

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 12/11/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityMedway

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio22.9:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Riverside Primary School · Primary · Medway

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18

RWM expected standard

56%

-9pp

65%61%56%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 56%

RWM higher standard

-4pp

8%5%2%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 2%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

61%

Reading higher standard

15%

Writing expected standard

62%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

62%

Maths higher standard

20%

Science expected standard

64%

SPAG expected standard

51%

SPAG higher standard

13%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

449

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.9

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

17%

FSM eligible

37%

SEN

28%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

St Edmunds Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8ET

Local authority

Medway

Website

www.riverside.medway.sch.uk/

Telephone

01634623500

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	56%	2%	61%	15%	62%	2%	62%	20%	64%	51%	103.0	104.0	102.0	—	—	—	28%	449
2023/24	65%	6%	71%	32%	68%	6%	71%	26%	90%	68%	104.0	105.0	104.0	—	—	—	29%	442
2022/23	63%	6%	72%	25%	69%	16%	69%	16%	84%	56%	103.0	104.0	102.0	+0.10	+0.60	+1.70	29%	406
2018/19	62%	8%	65%	12%	77%	12%	77%	12%	85%	58%	100.0	103.0	100.0	-4.10	-1.60	-1.70	26%	255
2017/18	61%	4%	74%	35%	83%	22%	65%	13%	83%	78%	106.0	103.0	107.0	-2.70	-2.10	-4.30	—	231

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	449	23.5	28%	17%	37%	4%	8%
2023/24	442	25.0	29%	17%	31%	5%	13%
2022/23	406	21.5	29%	16%	32%	6%	18%
2021/22	370	25.4	33%	14%	32%	6%	22%
2020/21	331	24.7	29%	9%	27%	—	—
2018/19	255	19.8	26%	8%	24%	4%	11%
2017/18	—	21.0	—	—	—	4%	10%