Riverbridge Primary School

Riverbridge Primary School has demonstrated effective leadership and maintained high standards since its last inspection. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils thrive, showing ambition and respect while embracing diversity. The curriculum is ambitious, focusing on instilling a love of learning, which has led to good outcomes in key subjects like English and mathematics. The school's commitment to supporting all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disadvantaged backgrounds, is commendable and contributes to their overall success.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil behaviour and learning.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Effective family learning sessions that engage parents.
• A well-structured focus on early years' education in English and mathematics.
• Supportive and ambitious curriculum leading to improved pupil outcomes.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and understanding of diversity.

Areas for Improvement

• Gaps in essential knowledge and skills in some subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Riverbridge Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.6% of pupils at Riverbridge Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Riverbridge Primary School had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.1% of pupils at Riverbridge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Riverbridge Primary School received £6,716 and spent £6,536 for each of its 659 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,029,000 (£1,562 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Lumen Learning Trust, income was £6,555 and spending £6,297 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Staines · Surrey local authority: places and applications

Riverbridge Primary School is part of Lumen Learning Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• The Echelford Primary School Ashford
• Saxon Primary School Shepperton
• Darley Dene Primary School Addlestone
• Walton Oak Primary School Walton-On-Thames
• Southfield Park Primary School Epsom
• Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School Epsom

What is Riverbridge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Riverbridge Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Riverbridge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Riverbridge Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Riverbridge Primary School have?

Riverbridge Primary School has 687 pupils on roll.

What age range does Riverbridge Primary School cover?

Riverbridge Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Riverbridge Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Riverbridge Primary School?

Riverbridge Primary School is at Park Avenue, Staines, Surrey, TW18 2EF.