Riverside Primary School
Renwick Road, Barking, IG11 0FU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Kinnaird
- Sponsor
- Partnership Learning
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 433
- URN
- 142133
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02039465888
About this school
Riverside Primary School is a primary academy in Barking. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 433 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 5 October 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 83% | 87% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| Expected standard in reading | 90% | 90% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 90% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 87% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.80 | - | - |
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 | Barking and Dagenham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 83% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 62.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 87% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 290 |
| 2023/24 | 319 |
| 2024/25 | 375 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Riverside Primary School compares
Riverside Primary School ranked 3rd of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 87% | 3.9% | 22.1% | 433 | — |
| George Carey Church of England Primary School | 70% | 5.2% | 23.5% | 619 | 0.4 miles |
| Thames View Infants | — | 3.6% | 22.7% | 403 | 0.7 miles |
| Thames View Junior School | 67% | 3.6% | 35.9% | 390 | 0.7 miles |
| Castilion Primary School | 53% | 4.3% | 19.6% | 159 | 0.8 miles |
| Bishop John Robinson Church of England Primary School | 67% | 3% | 25% | 209 | 0.9 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)
- 22.13%
- English as an additional language
- 26.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.85%
- Persistent absence
- 5.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
George Carey Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Barking
-
Thames View Infants0.7 miles
Primary · Barking
-
Thames View Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Barking
-
Castilion Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · London
-
Bishop John Robinson Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in Barking
Riverside Primary School ranks 2nd of the 11 ranked primary schools in Barking.
- Eastbury Primary School Primary
- Gascoigne Primary School Primary
- George Carey Church of England Primary School Primary
- Greatfields Primary School Primary
- Manor Junior School Primary
- Northbury Primary School Primary
- Ripple Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Margarets CofE Primary School Primary
- Thames View Infants Primary
- Thames View Junior School Primary
- Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Riverside Primary School teach?
- Riverside Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Barking.
- Who is the headteacher of Riverside Primary School?
- The headteacher of Riverside Primary School is Mrs Sarah Kinnaird, 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 433 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Riverside Primary School full?
- Riverside Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 433 on roll (69%), 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?
- No. The schools register records Riverside Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Riverside Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Riverside Primary School is part of PARTNERSHIP LEARNING. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- 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 83% in 2022/23 and 87% 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 Barking and Dagenham?
- Riverside Primary School ranked 3rd of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% 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 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below 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 2 July 2026.