Riverside School, Tadcaster
General Information
- Address: Wetherby Road, Tadcaster, LS24 9JN – View on map
- Phone: 01937832899
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Nick Styles
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 32 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 32 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 36
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.0%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.2% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 48% moved to another school, 52% 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.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (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 North Yorkshire, 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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental health 8 places · 3 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 21 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card May 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
- Achievement Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Needs attention
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 58% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 58%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 77% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
- Based on: 56 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: joint 101st of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =101Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School64%
- =101Rillington Primary School64%
- =101Riverside School, Tadcaster64%
- =101Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School64%
- =101Slingsby Community Primary School64%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,655 (2024-25)
242nd of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #240St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy£5,675
- #241Carlton Miniott Primary Academy£5,657
- #242Riverside School, Tadcaster£5,655
- #243Cayton Community Primary School£5,625
- #244Rossett Acre Primary School£5,547
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