Riverside Community Primary School
Primary schoolRiverside Community Primary School is a primary school in Plymouth, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 370 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, May 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 11 May 2023
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 76% of pupils at Riverside Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Plymouth and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Plymouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Oneschool Global Uk Plymouth CampusIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file550 m
- St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2022. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- Victoria Road PrimaryPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- Weston Mill Community Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Drake Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Keyham Barton Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Plymouth
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).