About the campaign
We want Kew Riverside Primary School to stay open, with realistic alternatives, full costs and children’s continuity properly assessed. Independent and parent-led, run by Yann Stoneman. Separate from the school, PTA and council. We do not speak for every family.
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Why keep Kew Riverside open
- Assess realistic alternatives. The council’s leaflet and Kew FAQ give its reasons for rejecting a smaller school, federation, shared leadership and more time to recover. We want each option costed for Kew and compared with the full cost of closure before any decision.
- Compare the full costs. A forecast school deficit is not the saving from closure. Continuing building costs, transition, staffing, transport and receiving-school costs belong in the comparison.
- Protect children’s continuity. Teaching, friendships, trusted adults and inclusion should be weighed alongside money and pupil numbers.
This is our parent-led campaign’s position. A funded, workable alternative has not yet been established. Read the council’s dates, leaflet and FAQs. See what the campaign has done.
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Our position: keep Kew Riverside Primary School open. We want a fair comparison with realistic ways to retain teaching at Kew, including the full costs and effects on children. Falling rolls and projected deficits do not, by themselves, establish that closure is the best option. A funded, viable alternative still needs establishing.
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Why our family chose Kew Riverside
Our family · Yann & Sofiya
We moved here for this school.
We’re Yann and Sofiya. Our daughter has only just started Reception at Kew Riverside Primary School, and we’re already facing the possibility of the school closing. We’re shocked, and we imagine many of you are too.
Our family’s experience, in our own words · Updated 22 September 2026.
The community we were looking for
We spent the last academic year visiting schools — at least a dozen, both state and private, from this area towards central London. For us, none came close to the feeling of community we found at Kew Riverside Primary School.
It was the warmth of the teachers and staff. The diversity, inclusion and celebration of different backgrounds and cultures. The way people seemed truly present, mentally and emotionally, and so intentional about how they taught and cared for each child.
We loved the smaller classes and mixed-age classrooms. We saw a place where children could get help catching up in one area and be encouraged to stretch themselves in another. What mattered most to us was how close, supportive and connected it felt. The school community felt like an extension of the family we have at home.
A little like cousins
Something from our first parent–teacher meeting really stayed with Sofiya. Our Reception teacher and SENDCo lead talked about how families don’t always have aunts, uncles, cousins and different generations around them day to day anymore.
She highlighted how recreating some of that at Kew Riverside Primary School helps build a community that feels like an extended family, where children can learn from people of different ages, backgrounds and experiences. A little “like cousins”. That meant a lot to us.
This is our family’s experience.
Curiosity, care and a wish to contribute
We want our child to find happiness and fulfilment in being curious about how the world around her works — and the world within her, too. In being eager to learn, and wanting to contribute to the people around her and her community.
Doing well matters to us. But having to be “the best” isn’t what we want to drive her. From what we’ve seen, the school embraces that spirit through its teaching and its caring, supportive environment. It’s a big part of why we chose it.
These are values we hope children carry with them: into their homes, their friendships, and all the communities they may become part of as adults.
For us, Kew Riverside Primary School brings all of this together while maintaining an exceptionally good quality of education. We see warmth, inclusion and high expectations going hand in hand, with children supported to achieve their best. That combination means so much to us.
A place to put down roots
Sofiya found and chose this school for our family. We moved here specifically for it, hoping to stay for all seven years, from Reception through Year 6. We hoped this would be a place to put down roots, build relationships and give our daughter continuity. That is why keeping this community matters so much to us.
Who runs this website, its position and contribution rules
This independent parent-led website is run by Yann Stoneman. It brings together the campaign to keep Kew Riverside Primary School open, the council’s own documents and community experiences. It is separate from the school, PTA and council, and does not claim to speak for every family.
I’m Yann, and I started this website to help keep the school open and work with other parents, carers and neighbours. Below is what I’m asking for and how I take responsibility for the site.
What I want to happen
My first preference is to keep Kew Riverside Primary School open and preserve the qualities that brought us here. I want the council to publish and assess costed alternatives alongside the effects on pupils and families.
Keeping the current school open is one outcome. Keeping teaching on the site under a different arrangement is another. Protecting pupils’ continuity if closure goes ahead is a third, separate outcome. I want alternatives tested against smaller classes, mixed-age learning, emotional support and relationships, as well as finances and pupil numbers.
I have not established that an alternative is funded or viable. The council’s own explanations are in its consultation documents.
Who is responsible for this site?
I created and run this website in a personal capacity. I’m responsible for its factual and editorial decisions, including corrections and which contributions are published. I use AI tools to help with research and writing. I am still responsible for what this site says and for correcting mistakes.
This is my initiative. It is not operated by the school, Richmond Council, the PTA or a formally agreed parent group. I do not claim to speak for all parents, governors or the wider community.
I describe other people’s roles in the campaign, and name them, only with their agreement. No organiser list, partner endorsement or collective mandate is implied by this website.
Corrections and other views
Factual corrections and public-role concerns go through private human review. Contributions expressing a different view on closure are welcome in community letters, under the same publication rules.
Campaign news is on Campaign updates. Earlier versions of this website are kept in its public source history.