Riverside Special School

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

East Riding of YorkshireLocal Authority

Goole and PocklingtonConstituency

DN14 5JSPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Riverside Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 145 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

95%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

145

Total Pupils

74%Boys

26%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 145
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
15 Nov 2023	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
16 May 2023	Inadequate	Good	Good	Outstanding	Inadequate
30 Jan 2015	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.