Riverside Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Rugby, Warwickshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.027 miles

Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Riverside Academy is a primary school in Rugby, Warwickshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 25 June 2024. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.

Riverside 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	1.027 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 1 earlier figure.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Reception 2026's last distance offered was 1.027 miles, 41st shortest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included); middle figure 2.26 miles.
That Reception 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2020; the figure swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2023 to 2024.
Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place.
Ofsted rated it Outstanding (25 June 2024); in 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 13% the higher standard (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Newbold Road, Newbold-on-Avon, Rugby, CV21 1EH
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Warwickshire
Pupils on roll: 233 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 25.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.3

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Outstanding Inspected 25 June 2024

Strengths

“Pupils thrive at Riverside Academy.”
“The school wants the very best for every pupil.”
“The ethos of ‘learning together, achieving excellence’ underpins everything that everyone does.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 November 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)	77%	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: 40 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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 Warwickshire.

Northlands Primary School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
St Oswald's CofE Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Matthew's Bloxam CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Oakfield Primary Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Long Lawford Primary School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
St Marie's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Boughton Leigh Infant School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Boughton Leigh Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good