Welcome to Lemington Riverside
Welcome to a primary school that embraces innovation and takes pride in being truly unique.
At Lemington Riverside Primary School, we are an inclusive and vibrant community at the heart of Lemington, overlooking the beautiful River Tyne. We cater for children aged 3 to 11 and are a one-form-entry school, with one class per year group, allowing us to build strong relationships and a close-knit school environment.
Our home is a striking Edwardian building, featuring bright, spacious classrooms, well-equipped libraries, ICT facilities, and inspiring outdoor spaces. In addition, our on-site community hub provides a wide range of activities, services, and support for pupils, families, and the wider community.
We believe primary education should offer far more than academic achievement alone. While our children leave us with strong outcomes, they also take with them rich experiences and lasting memories. Our unique “Lemington Riverside Experience” offers a diverse programme of cultural, creative, and sporting opportunities.
Our dedicated team of teachers and support staff bring enthusiasm, expertise, and innovation into every classroom. They engage in ongoing professional development and educational research to ensure our curriculum remains ambitious, engaging, and relevant.
We are also proud of our exceptional pastoral care. With access to an in-house counsellor, occupational therapist, and a broad network of specialist support, we ensure every child receives the guidance and care they need to flourish.
At Lemington Riverside, we describe ourselves as “bravely different and proudly unique” — unafraid to think creatively and committed to doing what is best for our children and community.
We warmly welcome prospective families to visit us. If you would like to arrange a tour, please get in touch using the contact details on our website — we would be delighted to meet you.
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Good morning from our final day at Ford Castle!
The children have slept really well last night after a jam-packed day of outdoor activities yesterday!
Last night we ended our evening with a silent disco which went down very well! For those who preferred a more chilled evening, we also had a games room with giant bean bags!
This morning we will be getting breakfast before heading out for activities this morning which include:
- Archery tag
- Aeroball
- Rifle shooting
- Obstacle course
- Vertical challenge
We will have lunch at Ford Castle before departing back for school. We are all excited to see you all! The children have been an absolute credit to yourselves and our school and have been complimented for their manners, teamwork and encouragement of friends multiple times by staff here at Ford Castle.
Please collect children at the normal time of 3:30pm from the normal entrance.
Mr. Murphy has LOTS of photos from the various activities to upload to Seesaw but please be patient, I think on the last count there were around 300 to sort through!!
See you all later :)
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Year 5/6 have just had their breakfast ahead of a busy day of activities!
Todays activities include:
- Zip wire
- Disc golf
- Vertical challenge
- Challenge course
- Trapeze
- Rifle shooting
We will also end the day with a silent disco later on tonight!
Have a lovely day! 19 Likes
Good evening from Ford Castle where we have had a great first day! We arrived here at around 11:45am, had our lunch and then checked into our rooms which are inside the castle itself!
This afternoon the children have took part in a range of activities including:
- Rifle shooting
- Vertical challenge
- Aeroball
- Challenge course
The weather has been kind to us today, we had a bit of light rain on arrival, but other than that it's been clear blue skies all day.
This evening we enjoyed tea and everybody found something that they enjoyed! The main hot options were lasagne and chips, or chicken nuggets and chips and there is a big salad bar and some nice desserts to choose from too!
After tea we played some team games in the castle grounds before our sleepy heads returned to their bedrooms for lights out at around 9pm.
The children are all settled in bed as we type this ahead of a big day of adventures tomorrow!
We're really proud of how the children have all embraced the challenges and been brave as we know trips away are often a bit nerve-wracking.
Mr Murphy has shared a photo on SeeSaw and tomorrow will upload more photos there of our adventures. We will provide updates as and when we can, but signal is not great up here so we will add things when possible.
Until tomorrow, have a lovely night! 15 Likes
What many people don't realise is that over the summer holidays our staff still pop in to ensure the building looks fantastic for the children when they return in September.
We are super proud of one of our brand new learning spaces, Bridge: Explorers.
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