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The Riverview Academy

  • 4–11Ages
  • 784Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 142363URN

Cimba Wood, Gravesend, DA12 4SD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2021 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.6 below Kent median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

170 applications for 91 places · 313th of 385 in Kent
Every year since 2016

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 7 December 2021Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Kent median (2.4) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

170 applications · 91 places offered · 84 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.9; Kent median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.2; Kent median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.1; Kent median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.8; Kent median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.9; Kent median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.9; Kent median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.7; Kent median median 2.2
  8. 2019 2.0; Kent median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.9; Kent median median 2.1
  10. 2017 2.3; Kent median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.6; Kent median median 2.5
  • This school
  • Kent median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026911701.9840.92
Sep 2025851862.2800.94
Sep 2024851752.1730.86
Sep 20231122061.81060.95
Sep 2022901691.9850.94
Sep 2021991921.9900.91
Sep 20201171971.71070.91
Sep 20191052052.01000.95
Sep 20181172261.91100.94
Sep 20171042432.3970.93
Sep 20161203112.61351.13

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
142363 · 886/2462
Trust
The Golden Thread Alliance
Capacity
840 pupils · 784 on roll
Free school meals
24.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2015
Address
Cimba Wood, Gravesend, DA12 4SD
Local authority
Kent · Gravesham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources