Riverside Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.110 miles
Published by Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2022–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Riverside Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Windsor and Maidenhead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Riverside Primary School and Nursery catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 5.110 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 5.110 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 5.110 miles away, the 12th longest of 43 Windsor and Maidenhead primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 22 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 result was the 3rd highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Windsor and Maidenhead schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Donnington Gardens, Cookham Road, Maidenhead, SL6 7JA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Pupils on roll
- 368 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and thriving at this school.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for pupils to achieve their very best.”
- “They talk confidently about their learning and are proud of their achievements.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the precise detail pupils need to learn and the order in which this should be taught sometimes lack clarity.”
- “Some activities are also not as closely matched to what pupils need to learn.”
- “Where this is the case, teachers do not check what pupils know before introducing new content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 September 2023 (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) | 56% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 22 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Windsor and Maidenhead.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Furze Platt Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Furze Platt Junior School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Alwyn Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Courthouse Junior School 1.1 mi Standards maintained
- Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oldfield Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published