Riverley Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school Senior leaders, staff and the trust have the highest aspirations for the school, its pupils and the staff. They have made Riverley a school where all individuals are valued and all strive to be the best they can. A very clear vision and direction has created an extremely strong set of values and principles.

As a result, the school strives constantly to make sure that pupils reach the highest levels of academic and personal achievement. High-quality teaching and learning mean that pupils make rapid progress and achieve extremely well. Disadvantaged pupils, including the most able, make substantial progress from their starting points.
...r/>This is because teachers are skilled at helping them to learn. The early years provision is excellent. As a result, children make rapid progress from below-average starting points.

Pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities make very strong progress. Those who speak a language other than English at home also make rapid progress, often overtaking others. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is of high quality.

Pupils have a great deal of respect for others and value those who are different. Safeguarding is strong. Robust systems ensure that safety and care is everyone's business and pervades the school's culture.

Pupils' behaviour is outstanding. They are polite, well mannered and are very welcoming to new children and adults. Pupils' work is assessed well and pupils receive comments that help them to improve their work further.

In a few isolated cases the most able pupils are not challenged enough about the quality of their work.

Information about this school

The school complies with DfE guidance on what academies should publish. The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website.

The school is part of the Griffin School Trust. The school is larger than the average primary school. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is above average.

The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is very high. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is above average. The school meets the current government floor standards.