Riverside Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 3 June 2025

This is a school where pupils are understood, included and celebrated. Everyone is welcome. Pupils are delighted by each other's successes. They know that achievement and overcoming challenges comes in many different forms. They demonstrate care and compassion to each other in a wide range of ways, such as getting cutlery for each other at lunchtime or offering each other words of encouragement. This makes pupils feel happy. Expectations of achievement are high, and pupils strive to meet these. Classrooms are settled and focused. Pupils enjoy sharing their ideas and working together. They achieve well, particularly in English and mathematics. Pupils are well prepared for the next stages of their education. Pupils know that behaving well is important. They are polite and friendly. Pupils who struggle to manage their behaviour or emotions from time-to-time benefit from the support they are given from highly skilled staff. This contributes towards making the school a safe and settled place for pupils. Pupils relish taking on roles of responsibility around the school, such as being part of pupil councils. Pupil play leaders work alongside staff at lunchtimes. They help ensure that the myriad of exciting activities offered outside are enjoyed by all.

What the school should improve

• Checks on what pupils know and remember are not fully developed in all subjects. This sometimes makes it more difficult for teachers to build securely on pupils' retained knowledge or adapt the curriculum to identify and address gaps in pupils' learning. The school should ensure that teachers can accurately establish and build on what pupils know in subjects beyond English and mathematics so that pupils can make strong progress across the whole curriculum.

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