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Riverside Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational320 pupilsPerthPerth & Kinross
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals51%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support60%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher14.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.3Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas15%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll320Census September 2025

Riverside Primary School is a council school in Perth for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 320 pupils. About 51 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Argyll Road, PERTH, Perth, PH1 3BB01738 474450pkc.gov.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Riverside Primary School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Perth & Kinross council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll320Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals51%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support60%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English9%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas15%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas3%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
42P1
49P2
47P3
46P4
42P5
48P6
46P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2024 to 2026
2024: 30330320242025: 32232220252026: 3203202026
Since 2024: +17
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/24
Pupils on roll320322303
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals51.1%26.0%29.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)59.7%61.2%37.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language9.4%16.8%16.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.314.913.1
Average class sizeAverage class size21.321.518.9

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers22.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.3Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Tulloch Primary SchoolCouncil560 m326HMIE, no open dataCompare
St John's RC AcademyCouncil960 m1,066HMIE, no open dataCompare
Goodlyburn Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles212HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Ninian's Episcopal Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles68HMIE, no open dataCompare
Letham Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles227HMIE, no open dataCompare
Our Lady's RC Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles182HMIE, no open dataCompare
Oakbank Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles382HMIE, no open dataCompare
Ruthvenfield Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles55HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Riverside Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Riverside Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Riverside Primary School have?

320 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Argyll Road, PERTH, Perth, PH1 3BB
Telephone
01738 474450
Website
www.pkc.gov.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Perth & Kinross
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
1005910
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from