Riverdale Primary School
Hambleton Avenue, Redcar, TS10 4HH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- IRONSTONE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Rajvinder Kahlon
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Ironstone Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Redcar
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 179
- URN
- 145046
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Telephone
- 01642471298
About this school
Riverdale Primary School is a primary academy in Redcar. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 179 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
- Needs attention
- 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 | 30 | 31 | 23 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 65% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 6% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 74% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 77% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 74% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.80 | - | - |
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 Riverdale 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 | Redcar and Cleveland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 211 |
| 2023/24 | 203 |
| 2024/25 | 202 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Riverdale Primary School compares
Riverdale Primary School ranked 40th of 43 primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 5.8% | 34.9% | 179 | — |
| Green Gates Primary School | 75% | 4.8% | 65.8% | 248 | 0.3 miles |
| Newcomen Primary School | 93% | 3.8% | 20% | 341 | 0.5 miles |
| Lakes Primary School | 56% | 5.7% | 48.8% | 267 | 0.5 miles |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School | 76% | 5.9% | 35.6% | 387 | 0.8 miles |
| Dormanstown Primary Academy | 48% | 5.6% | 70.3% | 274 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.86%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 5.83%
- Persistent absence
- 9.74%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Green Gates Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Redcar
-
Newcomen Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Redcar
-
Lakes Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Redcar
-
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Redcar
-
Dormanstown Primary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Redcar
Other schools in Redcar
Riverdale Primary School ranks 16th of the 16 ranked primary schools in Redcar.
- Coatham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dormanstown Primary Academy Primary
- Errington Primary School Primary
- Green Gates Primary School Primary
- Ings Farm Primary School Primary
- John Emmerson Batty Primary School Primary
- Lakes Primary School Primary
- New Marske Primary School Primary
- Newcomen Primary School Primary
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Westgarth Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Riverdale Primary School teach?
- Riverdale Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Redcar.
- Who is the headteacher of Riverdale Primary School?
- The headteacher of Riverdale Primary School is Rajvinder Kahlon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Riverdale Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Riverdale 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 big is Riverdale Primary School?
- Riverdale Primary School has 179 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Riverdale Primary School full?
- Riverdale Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 179 on roll (76%), 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 Riverdale Primary School a faith school?
- No. Riverdale Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Riverdale Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Riverdale Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Riverdale Primary School?
- Riverdale Primary School is part of IRONSTONE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Riverdale Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Riverdale Primary School rank locally?
- Riverdale Primary School ranked 40th of 43 primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Riverdale Primary School's absence rate?
- Riverdale Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Riverdale Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Riverdale 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.