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Kew Riverside Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
37 Courtlands Avenue, Richmond TW9 4ES · kewriverside.richmond.sch.uk · 020 8487 8437
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Richmond upon Thames 78%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Richmond upon Thames Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 84
- 40% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 38.1%
- First language not English
- 50%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Richmond upon Thames Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 9 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 9 | 6 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 8 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 21 | 8 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 18 | 15 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 16 | 7 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Richmond upon Thames it was 78%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Kew Riverside Primary School on 8 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 8 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jul 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 69
- 50% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (20%) with SEND