Riverside Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · North Shields, North Tyneside
Riverside Primary School is a primary school in North Shields, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 2 July 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Minton Lane, North Shields, NE29 6DQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 148 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 70.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 2 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Riverside Primary School.”
- “They have warm and positive relationships with staff.”
- “This helps to make pupils feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, some curriculum areas do not have clear building blocks of learning.”
- “This means that pupils do not build up strong and secure subject knowledge in these curriculum areas.”
- “Some pupils do not benefit from these activities fully because they do not attend school regularly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 59% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2025, as North Tyneside published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Tyneside.
- Waterville Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Collingwood Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Percy Main Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Spring Gardens Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehouse Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published