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Riverside School

SpecialMixedCouncilNon-denominational11 pupilsDumbartonWest Dunbartonshire
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 getting extra support100%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher3.2Scotland 14.1
Pupils on roll11Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Riverside School is a council school in Dumbarton for boys and girls. It has 11 pupils.

Place of Bonhill, Renton, DUMBARTON, Dumbarton, G82 4QB01389 773975west-dunbarton.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/school-search/riverside-schoolAll 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.

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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 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 West Dunbartonshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll11Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support100%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 2 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers3.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher3.2Scotland 14.1

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Martin's Primary SchoolCouncil0 m32HMIE, no open data–Compare
Vale Of Leven AcademyCouncil150 m967HMIE, no open data–Compare
Bonhill Primary SchoolCouncil690 m220HMIE, no open data–Compare
St Mary's Primary School (Alexandria)Council950 m164HMIE, no open data–Compare
Renton Primary SchoolCouncil970 m165HMIE, no open data–Compare
St Ronan's Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles95HMIE, no open data–Compare
Christie Park Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles194HMIE, no open data–Compare
Lennox Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles162HMIE, no open data–Compare
All schools in West DunbartonshireAll schools in Dumbarton

Questions parents ask

Is Riverside School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Riverside School have?

11 pupils 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
Place of Bonhill, Renton, DUMBARTON, Dumbarton, G82 4QB
Telephone
01389 773975
Website
www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/school-search/riverside-school
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Special school
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
West Dunbartonshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
1006541
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]
Scottish Government school listDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from