CP Riverside School
CP Riverside School is a free schools alternative provision in Nottingham for boys and girls aged 13 to 16. It has 4 pupils and room for 50. About 25 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. Ofsted visited in April 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Riverside Way, Nottingham, NG2 1DP0115 986 4098cpriverside.co.ukMr Mark Eyre headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 14 April 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2022 | S5 Inspection | Good |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Nottingham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Moderate learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 25% | 20% | 43% | 20% | 17% | 50% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 14% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 20% | 43% | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 20% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Primary School | Academy | 210 m | 289 | No overall grade 2025 | 29 | Compare |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School | Academy | 390 m | 196 | Report card 2026 | 53 | Compare |
| South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary School | Academy | 690 m | 365 | Good 2022 | 91 | Compare |
| The Nottingham Emmanuel School | Academy | 710 m | 1,108 | No overall grade 2025 | 36 | Compare |
| Welbeck Primary School | Council | 940 m | 352 | Good 2022 | 96 | Compare |
| Greenfields Community School | Council | 0.7 miles | 235 | Good 2020 | 35 | Compare |
| The Becket School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,157 | Good 2022 | 81 | Compare |
| Dunkirk Primary and Nursery School | Council | 0.9 miles | 337 | Good 2024 | 78 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is CP Riverside School a good school?
CP Riverside School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from April 2026 rated its teaching as as expected.
What is CP Riverside School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 14 April 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as as expected, leadership as as expected.
How many pupils does CP Riverside School have?
4 pupils aged 13 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 50 places, so it is 8% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Riverside Way, Nottingham, NG2 1DP
- Telephone
- 0115 986 4098
- Website
- www.cpriverside.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Eyre
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 13-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- East Midlands Education Trust (24 schools)
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Ward
- Meadows
- Constituency
- Nottingham South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 March 2018
- URN
- 145581 · LAESTAB 8921113 · UKPRN 10066947
- Formerly
- Channeling Positivity
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.