Riverside Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Gateshead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Riverside Primary Academy is a primary school in Gateshead for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2023. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Riverside Primary Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, every Reception applicant was offered a place, as was the case at 55 of the 62 other Gateshead primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception in 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 34 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gateshead schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Colliery Road, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9DX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 302 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2023
Strengths
- “Riverside Primary Academy is a welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Leaders and staff have created an ethos where kindness and a sense of fairness prevail.”
- “Pupils are friendly and supportive of each other.”
To improve
- “However, in some wider curriculum areas the curriculum does not set out clearly what pupils will know and remember and the checks made on this are inconsistent.”
- “This limits the school’s understanding of pupils’ progression through the wider curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 February 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) | 68% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 31 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 Gateshead.
- St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dunston Hill Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brighton Avenue Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lobley Hill Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Swalwell Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published