Kew Riverside Primary School
General Information
- Address: 37 Courtlands Avenue, Richmond, TW9 4ES – View on map
- Phone: 02084878437
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Ardeep Virdi
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 6 families put it first for 9 places – 7 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 9 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 4 · 2025 4 · 2026 7
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 32
- % eligible for free school meals: 38.1%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Richmond upon Thames average)
- English as an additional language: 50% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.8% a year (Richmond upon Thames 16.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Richmond upon Thames: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Richmond upon Thames, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 7.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 30.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2021 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the Richmond upon Thames average (79%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 71% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 71%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 80% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 15 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 29th of 38 junior and primary schools in the area
- =25Trafalgar Junior School75%
- #28Orleans Primary School74%
- #29Kew Riverside Primary School73%
- #30Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School71%
- #31St Richard's Church of England Primary School70%
Click to see the full ranking
View full Ofsted inspection report
13th of 26 primary schools in Richmond upon Thames for Ofsted rating
- #11Chase Bridge Primary SchoolGood
- #12Darell Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
- #13Kew Riverside Primary SchoolGood
- #14Lowther Primary SchoolGood
- #15Nelson Primary SchoolGood
Click to see the full ranking
Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,223 (2024-25)
2nd of 34 primary schools in Richmond upon Thames for spending per pupil
- #1St Richard's Church of England Primary School£11,247
- #2Kew Riverside Primary School£11,223
- #3Darell Primary and Nursery School£10,178
- #4Stanley Primary School£10,114
Click to see the full ranking
View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)