Riverside School

State-Funded School

riverside-school-bromley-london

LondonRegion

BromleyLocal Authority

OrpingtonConstituency

BR5 3HSPostcode

6.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Riverside School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Bromley, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 360 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 0.1
EBacc average point score: 0

Ethnicity

White

48%

Asian

Black

19%

Mixed

21%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

360

Total Pupils

73%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

39%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 360
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
3 Jun 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.