What did Ofsted judge Riverside Primary School's ungraded inspection to be?

Ofsted judged Riverside Primary School's ungraded inspection as Standards maintained at its inspection in November 2019 (no grade issued), on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Riverside Primary School?

Riverside Primary School has 453 pupils on roll.

What ages does Riverside Primary School take?

Riverside Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Riverside Primary School located?

Riverside Primary School is located in Gillingham, ME8 8ET, Medway.

How do I apply to Riverside Primary School?

Riverside Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

How close do you need to live to get into Riverside Primary School?

Distance did not decide places at Riverside Primary School for 2024-25 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How are Reception places decided at Riverside Primary School?

When Riverside Primary School has more applications than places for 2025-26, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in public care — Children in public care -as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme, including previously looked after children, who are now adopted; 2. Siblings — Children with a current family association (a brother or sister, including adopted, foster and step siblings living in the same house) in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2025); 3. Health, medical and special access reasons — Children with health, medical and special access reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason, which requires a child to attend Riverside Primary School, and 2 further criteria. 59 places were offered at this entry point for 2025-26. Tie-break: In the unlikely event that two or more children in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the school, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place.

What is the largest ethnic background at Riverside Primary School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 68.7% of pupils at Riverside Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Riverside Primary School: Ofsted, Results & Catchment 2026

How close did you need to live?

Distance did not decide places here

Every applicant who applied on time was offered a place for 2024-25 (Reception), so there was no cut-off distance. This changes from year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

Last distance offered at Riverside Primary School, year by year →

How places are decided at Riverside Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2025-26 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children in public care — Children in public care -as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme, including previously looked after children, who are now adopted
2Siblings — Children with a current family association (a brother or sister, including adopted, foster and step siblings living in the same house) in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2025).
3Health, medical and special access reasons — Children with health, medical and special access reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason, which requires a child to attend Riverside Primary School.
4Children of staff — Children who at the time of application have a parent who is a member of staff at the school (where the member of staff has been continuously employed for three years or more at the time at which the application is made and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage).
5Distance — Nearness of child's home to school measured using Medway Council's criteria. Where criteria involve measuring distance to a child's home, the Local Authority's procedures for ascertaining the shortest available safe route between home and the school will be used.

If two applications tie: In the unlikely event that two or more children in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the school, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place.

Multiple birth children would be given priority for the last available place(s) to be offered should they be potentially split.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Riverside Primary School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Riverside Primary School's ungraded inspection to be?: Ofsted judged Riverside Primary School's ungraded inspection as Standards maintained at its inspection in November 2019 (no grade issued), on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Riverside Primary School?: Riverside Primary School has 453 pupils on roll.
What ages does Riverside Primary School take?: Riverside Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.
Where is Riverside Primary School located?: Riverside Primary School is located in Gillingham, ME8 8ET, Medway.
How do I apply to Riverside Primary School?: Riverside Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
How close do you need to live to get into Riverside Primary School?: Distance did not decide places at Riverside Primary School for 2024-25 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
How are Reception places decided at Riverside Primary School?: When Riverside Primary School has more applications than places for 2025-26, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in public care — Children in public care -as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme, including previously looked after children, who are now adopted; 2. Siblings — Children with a current family association (a brother or sister, including adopted, foster and step siblings living in the same house) in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2025); 3. Health, medical and special access reasons — Children with health, medical and special access reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason, which requires a child to attend Riverside Primary School, and 2 further criteria. 59 places were offered at this entry point for 2025-26. Tie-break: In the unlikely event that two or more children in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the school, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place.
What is the largest ethnic background at Riverside Primary School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 68.7% of pupils at Riverside Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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Distance did not decide places here

Last distance offered at Riverside Primary School, year by year →

How places are decided at Riverside Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2025-26 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children in public care — Children in public care -as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme, including previously looked after children, who are now adopted
2Siblings — Children with a current family association (a brother or sister, including adopted, foster and step siblings living in the same house) in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2025).
3Health, medical and special access reasons — Children with health, medical and special access reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason, which requires a child to attend Riverside Primary School.
4Children of staff — Children who at the time of application have a parent who is a member of staff at the school (where the member of staff has been continuously employed for three years or more at the time at which the application is made and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage).
5Distance — Nearness of child's home to school measured using Medway Council's criteria. Where criteria involve measuring distance to a child's home, the Local Authority's procedures for ascertaining the shortest available safe route between home and the school will be used.

Multiple birth children would be given priority for the last available place(s) to be offered should they be potentially split.

Riverside Primary School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Riverside Primary School's ungraded inspection to be?: Ofsted judged Riverside Primary School's ungraded inspection as Standards maintained at its inspection in November 2019 (no grade issued), on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Riverside Primary School?: Riverside Primary School has 453 pupils on roll.
What ages does Riverside Primary School take?: Riverside Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.
Where is Riverside Primary School located?: Riverside Primary School is located in Gillingham, ME8 8ET, Medway.
How do I apply to Riverside Primary School?: Riverside Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
How close do you need to live to get into Riverside Primary School?: Distance did not decide places at Riverside Primary School for 2024-25 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
How are Reception places decided at Riverside Primary School?: When Riverside Primary School has more applications than places for 2025-26, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in public care — Children in public care -as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme, including previously looked after children, who are now adopted; 2. Siblings — Children with a current family association (a brother or sister, including adopted, foster and step siblings living in the same house) in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2025); 3. Health, medical and special access reasons — Children with health, medical and special access reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason, which requires a child to attend Riverside Primary School, and 2 further criteria. 59 places were offered at this entry point for 2025-26. Tie-break: In the unlikely event that two or more children in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the school, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place.
What is the largest ethnic background at Riverside Primary School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 68.7% of pupils at Riverside Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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