Riverside Meadows Academy

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

CambridgeshireLocal Authority

St Neots and Mid CambridgeshireConstituency

PE19 1DZPostcode

1.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Riverside Meadows Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–18, located in Cambridgeshire, East of England.

It currently serves 120 pupils. Riverside Meadows Academy is part of HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.47

Ethnicity

White

96%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Pupils

120

Total Pupils

68%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

74%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 120
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
21 Jul 2025	Inadequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
25 May 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
2 Jul 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.