Riverside School

Type Secondary / Free schools
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address Renwick Road
Barking
Essex
IG11 0FU
Phone 02039465888
Reference Number 139791

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1417
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.08%
Girls: 47.92%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 29.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 28.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 151 114 265
8 144 129 273
9 136 129 265
10 130 120 250
11 118 126 244
12 41 39 80
13 18 22 40

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 35.6%
White, Other 9.9%
White, British 8.6%
Pakistani 4.6%
Asian, Other 4.2%
Caribbean 4%
Unclassified 3.8%
Indian 2.9%
White & Black (African) 2.8%
Mixed, Other 2.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
White & Asian 1%
Chinese 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2022-11-18
Date Description Report
2022-10-05 School inspection: School inspection:
2019-01-24 Short inspection Short inspection
2015-06-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
54.4 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 56.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 74.2% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 39.89 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 39.72 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 16.9% Unlock Unlock

2015 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 43 2
Third Preference 39 1
From another Local Authority 1 0

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 104 30
Third Preference 77 10
From another Local Authority 32 7

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Riverside Primary School
Renwick Road, Barking, IG11 0FU
0.03 miles
George Carey Church of England Primary School
The Rivergate Centre, Minter Road, Barking, IG11 0FJ
0.42 miles
Thames View Infants
Bastable Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 0LG
0.68 miles
Thames View Junior School
Samuel Ferguson Place, Bastable Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 0LG
0.68 miles
Castilion Primary School
Copperfield Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8QA
0.8 miles
Bishop John Robinson Church of England Primary School
Hoveton Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8LW
0.92 miles
Monteagle Primary School
Burnham Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 4RB
0.95 miles
Linton Mead Primary School
Central Way, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8DT
0.97 miles
The James Cambell Primary School
Langley Crescent, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 6TD
1.09 miles
Jubilee Primary School
Crowden Way, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8JB
1.14 miles
Hawksmoor School
Bentham Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8AS
1.23 miles
Eastbury Primary School
Dawson Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 9QQ
1.25 miles
Windrush Thamesmead Primary School
2 Bentham Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8AR
1.3 miles
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Goresbrook Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 6UU
1.33 miles
St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School
Cole Close, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8GB
1.43 miles
Godwin Primary School
Finnymore Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 6JH
1.44 miles
Ripple Primary School
Suffolk Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 7QS
1.54 miles
Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road
Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road, Rowdowns Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 6NH
1.57 miles
Marsh Green Primary School
South Close, Dagenham, Essex, RM10 9NJ
1.6 miles
Manor Junior School
Sandringham Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 9AG
1.62 miles
Name Distance
Riverside Bridge School
Renwick Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 0FU
0.01 miles
Jo Richardson Community School
Gale Street, Castle Green, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 4UN
0.88 miles
Goresbrook School
Cook Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 6XW
0.93 miles
Hopewell School
Harmony House, Baden Powell Close, Dagenham, Essex, Essex, RM9 6XN
1.12 miles
Woolwich Polytechnic School
Hutchins Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8AT
1.32 miles
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls
1 Birchdene Drive, Thamesmead, SE28 8RF
1.34 miles
Pathways School
New Road, Dagenham, RM10 9NH
1.54 miles
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
Sandringham Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 9AG
1.62 miles
Greatfields School
Net Street, Barking, IG11 7QG
1.62 miles
Dagenham Park CofE School
School Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM10 9QH
1.85 miles
Northstar New School
c/o Gascoigne Primary Annex, The Shaftesburys, Barking, IG11 7JA
1.85 miles
Eastbury Community School
Hulse Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 9UW
1.87 miles
Harris Garrard Academy
Yarnton Way, Thamesmead, Erith, Kent, DA18 4DW
1.9 miles
Pulse and Water College
138 Eynsham Drive, Abbey Wood, London, Greenwich, SE2 9PT
1.93 miles
The Sydney Russell School
Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 5QT
1.97 miles
Frobel Independent School
67-73 Longbridge Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 8TG
2.01 miles
St Paul's Academy
Finchale Road, Abbey Wood, London, SE2 9PX
2.07 miles
Langdon Academy
Sussex Road, East Ham, London, E6 2PS
2.23 miles
Loxford School
Loxford Lane, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2UT
2.28 miles
Al Madina School for Girls
Victoria Road, 2 (Annex Building), Barking, Essex, IG11 8PY
2.34 miles
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