Riverside Primary School

State-Funded School

riverside-primary-school-medway-south-east

South EastRegion

MedwayLocal Authority

Gillingham and RainhamConstituency

ME8 8ETPostcode

5.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Riverside Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Medway, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 453 pupils. Riverside Primary School is part of RMET.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 65%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

77%

Asian

Black

10%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

453

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 453
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: RMET

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 4 June 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
11 Dec 2019	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	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.