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Pupils thrive at Riverside Academy. The school wants the very best for every pupil. The ethos of 'learning together, achieving excellence' underpins everything that everyone does.
Pupils learn well and achieve highly across the curriculum.
Pupils enjoy attending the school. They feel safe and well cared for while they are here.
They enjoy, and benefit from, a wide range of pupil leadership opportunities. These help them to develop important life skills as well as enabling them to contribute positively to the life of the school.
Pupils behave very well around school and in lessons.
Staff set high expectations. Pupils live up to these. Pupils ...are polite and helpful.
They listen carefully in lessons, strive to do their best and learning is not disrupted. Working together to earn 'friendship tokens' helps pupils to understand what it is to be a good friend.
An extensive range of personal development opportunities is on offer for all.'
11 before 11' provides a wide range of experiences for all pupils. These include riding a horse, taking part in a flash mob and making a positive impact by carrying out '10 good deeds in 10 days'.
Parents and carers speak highly of the school's work with their children.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school prioritises the importance of pupils being able to read well by the time they leave. Well-trained staff deliver the phonics programme effectively, which begins when children start school in nursery. Pupils practise phonics by reading books that are matched to the sounds that they know.
They thoroughly enjoy hearing teachers read aloud from engaging texts. This helps pupils to develop a passion for books, which they are eager to share. Any pupils who are falling behind with reading get effective support that helps them to catch up quickly.
Across the curriculum, the school has identified the important knowledge and vocabulary for pupils to learn, from nursery through to Year 6. Pupils build on this knowledge over time and apply it to new learning. For example, in geography, pupils in Year 6 draw on previous learning about compass points when learning about the routes of Tudor explorers.
In mathematics, pupils in Year 5 recall what they have learned before when learning about angles.
The school provides very well planned additional opportunities for pupils to showcase their subject knowledge through curriculum days. These enable pupils to practise the skills they have learned in a range of subjects and apply what they know in different contexts, such as International Day.
This helps to bring learning to life and deepens pupils' understanding.
The school is highly ambitious for disadvantaged pupils, pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and those who speak English as an additional language. The school promptly identifies pupils with SEND and gives them effective support to access learning and the full curriculum.
All pupils benefit from highly effective teaching that helps them achieve as well as they can.
Children in the early years quickly learn the routines and expectations. Staff know children and their needs well.
Leaders ensure that activities are purposeful and extend or consolidate children's learning. Activities are deliberately designed to develop children's vocabulary, language and communication skills. This is particularly effective for those children who speak English as an additional language.
Children show high levels of engagement and concentration. They are very well prepared for learning in Year 1.
A real strength of the school is the care all staff show towards pupils and their families.
The school provides personalised strategies to improve attendance and does everything it can to ensure that pupils are well supported and kept safe. No stone is left unturned to get the right support, at the right time, for every pupil.
All pupils benefit greatly from the school's personal development programme.
There are many opportunities for pupils to develop the character, resilience and life skills needed for life in their local community and modern Britain. Pupils value this. They know that they contribute positively to how the school is managed.
For example, elected members of the junior leadership team work with leaders to improve lessons. The school has very carefully considered the range of trips, clubs and other experiences that broaden pupils' horizons.
Pupils' behaviour is exemplary.
They enjoy living up to the high expectations set by the school. Pupils value talking to staff if things go wrong. This helps them to make different choices in the future.
They understand what bullying is and know how to keep themselves safe and healthy, including when online. They celebrate difference and show high levels of respect for staff and for one another.
The school appreciates the support of the trust, which shares the same vision for all pupils.
Staff feel valued and know that leaders are very considerate of their well-being. They welcome the high-quality professional development they receive.
