Academy converter · Medway

Riverside Primary School

3–11Ages
453Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144135URN

St Edmunds Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8ET · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodNov 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.7 below Medway median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Medway

106 applications for 60 places · 59th of 62 in Medway

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

56%met the expected standard

Medway 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodNov 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025

The graded inspection, 12 November 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

4 June 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
12 November 2019
Graded inspection: Good

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

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.7 below Medway median (2.5) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

106 applications · 60 places offered · 56 named it first

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

2026 1.8; Medway median median 2.5
2025 1.8; Medway median median 2.8
2024 2.0; Medway median median 2.8
2023 1.8; Medway median median 2.2
2022 2.1; Medway median median 2.2
2021 2.0; Medway median median 2.1
2020 1.7; Medway median median 2.1
2019 1.5; Medway median median 2.2
2018 1.5; Medway median median 2.0
2017 2.0; Medway median median 2.0
2016 2.6; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 2.8; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Medway median in 1 of 10 years.

This school
Medway median

Dashed bars: as Riverside Primary School (URN 134011), the previous school.

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	60	106	1.8	56	0.93
Sep 2025	59	108	1.8	57	0.97
Sep 2024	57	112	2.0	57	1.00
Sep 2023	60	110	1.8	60	1.00
Sep 2022	57	118	2.1	53	0.93
Sep 2021	50	100	2.0	46	0.92
Sep 2020	53	92	1.7	44	0.83
Sep 2019	52	78	1.5	52	1.00
Sep 2018	54	80	1.5	50	0.93
Sep 2017	30	60	2.0	44	1.47
Sep 2016 *	30	78	2.6	39	1.30
Sep 2015 *	25	69	2.8	28	1.12
Sep 2014 *	30	42	1.4	22	0.73

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 61% · Writing 62% · Maths 62% → all three 56% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard56%36th of 53 in Medway

Medway 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard61%

Medway 74% England 78%

Higher standard15%

Medway 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard62%

Medway 77% England 75%

Greater depth2%

Medway 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard62%

Medway 73% England 77%

Higher standard20%

Medway 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Medway median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	56%	2%	103	104
2023/24	65%	6%	104	105
2022/23	63%	6%	103	104

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

Riverside Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
St Margaret's Church of England Junior School
1.1 km · Medway

Remains Good2023

67%met the SATs standard
St Margaret's Infant School
1.1 km · Medway

Improved significantly2025

2.5applications per place
Miers Court Primary School
1.3 km · Medway

2026

3.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Thames View Primary School
1.5 km · Medway

Good2023

3.5applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Parkwood Primary School
2.3 km · Medway

Requires improvement2023

2.8applications per place
Holywell Primary School
2.5 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

2.6applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School
2.5 km · Kent

2026

2.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School
2.6 km · Medway

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144135 · 887/3757
Trust: Aletheia Academies Trust
Capacity: 390 pupils · 453 on roll
Free school meals: 34.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2017
Replaced: Riverside Primary School (URN 134011)
Address: St Edmunds Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8ET
Local authority: Medway

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