Riverside Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead
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.
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Key facts
- Address
- Donnington Gardens, Cookham Road, Maidenhead, SL6 7JA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- 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.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2022 to 2026, as Windsor and Maidenhead 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 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