Riverside School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 6 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Unique reference
139791
Address
Renwick Road, IG11 0FU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1379 (76% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
26.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.3%
Persistent absence
11.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.2%
Pupil ethnicities
African 34.5%
Bangladeshi 9.9%
Other White 9.8%
White British 9.6%
Mixed 8.1%
Other Black 6.2%
Unclassified 5.3%
Other Asian 4.4%
Pakistani 4.1%
Caribbean 3.8%
Indian 2.9%
Other 1.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.07
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 85%
Local authority average 45%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.5
Local authority average 48
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.24
Local authority average 4.19
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award26
Sports StudiesTechnical Award180
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award17
Speech & DramaTechnical Award58
Art & DesignGCSE52
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE227
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Riverside School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
228
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
191
2nd preference
71
3rd preference
65
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
191
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
275
145
130
Year 8
265
135
130
Year 9
245
126
119
Year 10
250
120
130
Year 11
229
115
114
Year 12
48
23
25
Year 13
67
30
37
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
92.9%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
32.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
50.0%
54.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
15.0%
5.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.9%
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
88.0%
74.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
35.0%
17.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
33.0%
16.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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