Primary
Riverside School, Tadcaster
Wetherby Road, Tadcaster, LS24 9JN
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 361 of 406 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.0
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Trust
- YORKSHIRE LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 34.6
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 381
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
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SATs results
64%
5 points above the Tadcaster average (59% across 5 schools)
106.0
0.2 below the Tadcaster average (106.2 across 5 schools)
5th of 6 by our score, among the primary schools in Tadcaster we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 64% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 56% |
| 23/24 | 53% |
| 24/25 | 64% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Wetherby Road, Tadcaster, LS24 9JN
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
North Yorkshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Nick Styles
- Address
- Wetherby Road, Tadcaster, LS24 9JN
- Telephone
- 01937832899