Rivers Primary Academy
Livingstone Road, Blakenall, Walsall, WS3 1LY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WINDSOR ACADEMY TRUST
- Executive Head Teacher
- Mrs Rebecca Bailey
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Windsor Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 459
- Pupils on roll
- 463
- URN
- 140196
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01922710164
About this school
Rivers Primary Academy is a primary academy in Walsall. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 463 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 60 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 82% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 12% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 82% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 83% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 75% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 108.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.00 | - | - |
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 Rivers Primary Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Walsall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 72% | 56.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 82% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 439 |
| 2023/24 | 450 |
| 2024/25 | 465 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rivers Primary Academy compares
Rivers Primary Academy ranked 44th of 61 primary schools in Walsall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 6.5% | 49.5% | 463 | — |
| Goldsmith Primary Academy | 75% | 5.1% | 67.6% | 482 | 0.6 miles |
| Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.6 miles |
| Sunshine Academy | — | — | — | 150 | 0.6 miles |
| St Michael's Church of England C Primary School | 72% | 4.2% | 12.1% | 460 | 0.6 miles |
| Field Road Academy | — | — | — | 214 | 0.7 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.52%
- English as an additional language
- 24.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.47%
- Persistent absence
- 18.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Goldsmith Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Harden
-
Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Sunshine Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
St Michael's Church of England C Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Field Road Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Walsall
Other schools in Walsall
Rivers Primary Academy ranks 37th of the 51 ranked primary schools in Walsall.
- Abbey Primary School Primary
- All Saints National Academy Primary
- Alumwell Infant School Primary
- Alumwell Junior School Primary
- Beacon Academy Primary
- Bentley West Primary School Primary
- Birchills Church of England Community Academy Primary
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School Primary
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School Primary
- Brownhills West Primary School Primary
- Busill Jones Primary School Primary
- Butts Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Rivers Primary Academy teach?
- Rivers Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Walsall.
- Who is the executive head teacher of Rivers Primary Academy?
- The executive head teacher of Rivers Primary Academy is Mrs Rebecca Bailey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rivers Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rivers Primary Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Rivers Primary Academy?
- Rivers Primary Academy has 463 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Rivers Primary Academy full?
- Rivers Primary Academy has capacity for 459 pupils and 463 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Rivers Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Rivers Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Rivers Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Rivers Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Rivers Primary Academy?
- Rivers Primary Academy is part of WINDSOR ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Rivers Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Rivers Primary Academy rank locally?
- Rivers Primary Academy ranked 44th of 61 primary schools in Walsall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Rivers Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Rivers Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rivers Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rivers Primary Academy'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 1 July 2026.