Rivers Academy West London

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 30 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hounslow
Unique reference
137009
Address
Tachbrook Road, TW14 9PE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1001 (76% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
50.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
31%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 22.3%
Other White 13.4%
Mixed 12.9%
Indian 12.8%
Other 8.9%
Other Asian 8.5%
African 7.9%
Pakistani 5.9%
Unclassified 3.5%
Bangladeshi 2.1%
Caribbean 0.9%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.45
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 76%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.1
Local authority average 49.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.47
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award14
TourismTechnical Award27
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award25
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE4
Business Studies:SingleGCSE82
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE9
Design & TechnologyGCSE46
EconomicsGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE156
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Rivers Academy West London

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
146
2nd preference
92
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
26
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
146
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
16
To another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
108
100
Year 8
207
101
106
Year 9
196
108
88
Year 10
150
75
75
Year 11
157
85
72
Year 12
55
32
23
Year 13
28
5
23
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
92.9%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
25.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
43.0%
65.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.8%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
1.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
0.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
73.0%
78.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
21.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
27.0%
19.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020