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River Bank Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Bath Road, Luton LU3 1ES · riverbankprimary.org · 01582 531860
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 78%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Luton 65%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 793
- 94% of 840 places
- Local authority
- Luton
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 23.5%
- First language not English
- 62.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 106 families put the school first and 115 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 | 115 | 106 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 112 | 83 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 103 | 80 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 103 | 82 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 81 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Luton it was 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲78% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▲109 | 105 | |
Ofsted
River Bank Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
- Sept 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
Jul 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jul 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 45
- 6% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied