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The Riverview Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Cimba Wood, Gravesend DA12 4SD · riverview-infant.com · 01474 566484
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2021
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 784
- 93% of 840 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 24.5%
- First language not English
- 15.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 84 families put the school first and 91 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 | 91 | 84 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 85 | 80 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 85 | 73 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 112 | 106 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 85 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | n/a | 62% |
| Higher standard | n/a | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | n/a | 106 |
| Maths | n/a | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | n/a | 105 |
Ofsted
The Riverview Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 December 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Dec 2021
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Apr 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 35
- 10% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied