Welcome to our Nursery

We understand that choosing a nursery and school for your child is an important decision so we want you to know as much as possible about our nursery.

We offer both 15 hour provision and 30 hour provision...

Dunston UTS Family Season Ticket

Our neighbours at Dunston UTS Football Club have kindly donated some family season tickets to giveaway free to our pupils and families. Each ticket grants access for 1 Adult and up to 2 under 16s to all of Dunston’s Northern Premier League fixtures. If you...

NSPCC Number Day!

Today we took part in the NSPCC number day. Children and staff dressed up for digits and enjoyed a variety of fun mathematics activities, while raising money and awareness for the NSPCC. Thank you to everyone who donated.

Welcome our new Eco Cops!

Welcome our new Eco Cops! They will be helping our school to become more eco friendly and encouraging out school to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Wrap Around Child Care Provision

With effect from Monday 1st November 2021, our tea time club will be managed by our sports partners Physical Education & Active Kids (PEAK). As well as the regular after-school club activities we have for the children, there will be an increased focus on getting the children active.

Year 4 pupils encourage others to “Ban Single Use Plastic”

Y4 children have been quite concerned about plastic pollution and the use of single-use plastic in school. They conducted their own research into how they could help prevent lots of plastic going into our bins and then land-fills and unfortunately sometimes into our oceans. Some...

We Are An Outstanding Primary School in Dunston!

Achievement, Teaching, Behaviour and Leadership

Welcome to our Academy… As Headteacher of Riverside Primary Academy, I would like to warmly welcome you to our school website. I hope you can find all of the information you require about our school here, but if you have any further questions, please ring us and ask. The Governing Body, the Leadership Team and I have a very clear vision of what we want and how to get the best deal for our children and the community we serve. For this reason, we made the decision in 2012 to become an academy. This means that we have been given the freedom to make choices for our school which bring the most benefits to our children and our families. We are no longer a Local Authority school and therefore, there are some differences in the way we do things at our school to the way they are done in others… Read More