Riverside School
Community special school · Mixed · Haringey
White Hart Lane, London, N22 5QJ
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 29/03/2022
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
87.9%
39.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
172
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
175 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Stephen Hehir
- Address
- White Hart Lane, Wood Green, London, N22 5QJ
- Phone
- 02088897814
- Local authority
- Haringey
- Ward / constituency
- Woodside · Southgate and Wood Green
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 102178
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 68% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 60% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
172 pupils · 175 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
15 April 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Expected standard Achievement Expected standard Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Needs attention Attendance and behaviour Strong standard Leadership and governance Expected standard Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard Post-16 provision Expected standard - 22
29 March 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 144 pupils
Attendance
87.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
12.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
39.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
6.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 20 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2018/2019)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 11909: Mulberry Academy Woodside
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.