River Bank Primary School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

LutonLocal Authority

Luton South and South BedfordshireConstituency

LU3 1ESPostcode

7.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

River Bank Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Luton, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 793 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 77%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

12%

Asian

74%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

793

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

23%

England average

27%

First language not English

63%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 793
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 22 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
1 Nov 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.