Riverside Community Primary School Birstall

Academy converter·Primary school Leicestershire·LE4 4JU
Composite score
38.7
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#11,347
National rank
#1022
In East Midlands
#156
In Leicestershire
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
39 first choices, 39 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
102
any preference, for 39 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.8420230.9520241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Riverside Community Primary School Birstall first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
419
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,578
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Riverside Community Primary School Birstall is a primary school serving Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 419 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Riverside Community Primary School Birstall was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. Riverside Community Primary School Birstall does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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