Riverdale Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Redcar (Redcar and Cleveland).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Riverdale Primary School is a primary school located in Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 202 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 236. It is part of the IRONSTONE ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Simon English.
Key facts
- URN
- 145046
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Constituency
- Redcar
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (4 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Emily Henderson | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by trustees | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan Dawkins | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Kelly Dawkins | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Jonathan Clarke | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Ms Ruth Whyte Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Kirsty Reilly Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record