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Riverside Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational419 pupilsStirling
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 meals13%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support40%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher12.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.2Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas19%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll419Census September 2025

Riverside Primary School is a council school in Stirling for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 419 pupils. About 13 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Forrest Road, STIRLING, Stirling, FK8 1UJ01786 237933riversideprimaryschool.co.uk/Pages/default.aspxAll 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 Stirling council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll419Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals13%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support40%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English12%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic15%
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas19%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas31%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
51P1
49P2
60P3
63P4
71P5
66P6
59P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 46846820222023: 46046020232024: 46346320242025: 44044020252026: 4194192026
Since 2022: -49
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll419440463460468
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals12.8%15.8%12.9%17.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)40.1%42.7%37.6%30.9%26.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language11.5%8.6%8.0%4.1%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.913.414.213.714.415.115.4
Average class sizeAverage class size18.218.319.320.020.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers32.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.2Scotland 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
Allan's Primary SchoolCouncil830 m161HMIE, no open dataCompare
Raploch Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles244HMIE, no open dataCompare
Our Lady's RC Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles91HMIE, no open dataCompare
Cornton Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles177HMIE, no open dataCompare
Braehead Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles276HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Ninian's Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles405HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bridge Of Allan PrimaryCouncil1.6 miles341HMIE, no open dataCompare
Cambusbarron Primary SchoolCouncil1.9 miles238HMIE, 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?

419 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
Forrest Road, STIRLING, Stirling, FK8 1UJ
Telephone
01786 237933
Website
www.riversideprimaryschool.co.uk/Pages/default.aspx
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
Stirling
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5725429
Medium of education
English medium (but has Gaelic Medium stream)
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from