Riverside School

State-Funded School

riverside-school-haringey-london

LondonRegion

HaringeyLocal Authority

Southgate and Wood GreenConstituency

N22 5QJPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Riverside School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Haringey, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 172 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 15 Apr 2026 · published 7 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

28%

Asian

Black

37%

Mixed

11%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

172

Total Pupils

76%Boys

24%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

67%

England average

27%

First language not English

55%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 172
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
15 Jun 2022	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
11 Jan 2013	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.