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Riverley Primary School

Primary · London · E10 7BZ

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Outstanding

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 23 February 2023

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At a glance

437 pupils · 97% of 450 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
33.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.riverley-gst.org/
URN
139723

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 87 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.45 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.382 miles; distance decided places in 11 of the 17 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 23 February 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.45 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 87 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.382 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.382 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

57 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
84%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
26%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school84%
Median of its 12 closest peers53%
Waltham Forest average74.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Benyon Primary SchoolSouth Ockendon · 14 miles awayGood80%
Whitefriars Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn · 84 miles awayOutstanding54%
Great Ouse Primary AcademyBedford · 45 miles awayExpected standard67%
Leverton Primary SchoolWaltham Abbey · 8 miles awayGood (2019)42%
North Primary School and NurseryColchester · 45 miles awayGood47%
Kingsley Primary SchoolNorthampton · 60 miles awayGood51%
St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery SchoolThornton Heath · 12 miles awayOutstanding71%
Long Lawford Primary SchoolRugby · 78 miles awayRequires improvement49%
Spalding Parish Church of England Day SchoolSpalding · 84 miles awayGood52%
Houghton Regis Primary SchoolDunstable · 32 miles awayRequires improvement36%
Jewell Academy BournemouthBournemouth · 97 miles awayGood57%
Wellington Primary SchoolBradford · 171 miles awayGood61%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 19% (Waltham Forest 25%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 16% (Waltham Forest 12%, England 5%) · Any other White background 14% (Waltham Forest 19%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Waltham Forest 8%, England 3%) · Black African 8% (Waltham Forest 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 5% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Waltham Forest 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Waltham Forest 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Waltham Forest 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Waltham Forest: 0.98 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,169; 5.9% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,962
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 65% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 20% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £501,000; in-year balance +£91,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier43.2%62.3%
Social housing28.5%17.1%
Privately rented28.3%20.5%
Detached houses3.1%22.9%
Flats54.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van46.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004434 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£468,000907 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£388,000–£600,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (23)£650,000
Terraced (328)£642,500
Flat (552)£420,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.61 km, 2026 entry): 274 sales, median £462,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
46an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
12an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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