Riverside Primary School
Minton Lane, North Shields, NE29 6DQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Angela Yilmaz
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Tynemouth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 148
- URN
- 108575
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01912963586
About this school
Riverside Primary School is a community primary school in North Shields. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 148 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Riverside Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 18 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 61% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 6% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 72% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 61% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% | 56% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Riverside Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 57.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 58.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 160 |
| 2023/24 | 158 |
| 2024/25 | 156 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Riverside Primary School compares
Riverside Primary School ranked 31st of 50 primary schools in North Tyneside for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 7.2% | 78.7% | 148 | — |
| Waterville Primary School | 57% | 5.8% | 65.8% | 209 | 0.3 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields | 45% | 6.4% | 60.7% | 193 | 0.4 miles |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields | 84% | 5.6% | 35.4% | 224 | 0.6 miles |
| Collingwood Primary School | 61% | 6.4% | 61.1% | 342 | 0.6 miles |
| Percy Main Primary School | 52% | 5.6% | 66.1% | 205 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 78.68%
- English as an additional language
- 2.6%
- Overall absence
- 7.24%
- Persistent absence
- 24.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Waterville Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · North Shields
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields0.4 miles
Primary · North Shields
-
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields0.6 miles
Primary · North Shields
-
Collingwood Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · North Shields
-
Percy Main Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · North Shields
Other schools in North Shields
Riverside Primary School ranks 9th of the 15 ranked primary schools in North Shields.
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Collingwood Primary School Primary
- Cullercoats Primary School Primary
- Monkhouse Primary School Primary
- New York Primary School Primary
- Percy Main Primary School Primary
- Preston Grange Primary School Primary
- Spring Gardens Primary School Primary
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats Primary
- Waterville Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Riverside Primary School teach?
- Riverside Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in North Shields.
- Who is the headteacher of Riverside Primary School?
- The headteacher of Riverside Primary School is Mrs Angela Yilmaz, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Riverside Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Riverside Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Riverside Primary School?
- Riverside Primary School has 148 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Riverside Primary School full?
- Riverside Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 148 on roll (63%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Riverside Primary School a faith school?
- No. Riverside Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Riverside Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Riverside Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Riverside Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 44% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Riverside Primary School compare with other schools in North Tyneside?
- Riverside Primary School ranked 31st of 50 primary schools in North Tyneside for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Riverside Primary School's absence rate?
- Riverside Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Riverside Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Riverside Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.