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Riverside Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Colliery Road, Dunston, Gateshead NE11 9DX · riversideprimaryacademy.org.uk · 0191 460 1918
On the mapSearch near NE11 9DX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 68%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Gateshead 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Gateshead Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 302
- 13 over 289 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28.9%
- First language not English
- 24.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Oak Learning Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Gateshead Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 34 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 | 34 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 32 | 29 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 39 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 38 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Gateshead it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲68% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Riverside Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Dec 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Dec 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (72 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 72
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (21%) with SEND