Riverside School
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Barking and Dagenham
Renwick Road, Barking, IG11 0FU
78
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 05/10/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
96.0%
7.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,550
Capacity used
Has space85%
1,824 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
239 of 239 families who put it first got an offer
273
Places offered
526
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 239 | 239 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 87 | 20 | ● 23% |
| 3rd preference | 74 | 6 | ● 8% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 126 | 5 | ● 4% |
| Total | 526 | 270 | 51% |
1st preference success by year
Barking and Dagenham lets families list 6 preferences. 32 applications came from outside the council area (13 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Andrew Roberts
- Address
- Renwick Road, Barking, IG11 0FU
- Phone
- 02039465888
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Ward / constituency
- Barking Riverside · Barking
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139791
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 34% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 28% | — | — |
| SEN support | 4% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
1,550 pupils · 1,824 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
05 October 2022
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,402 pupils
Attendance
96.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
7.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.5%
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
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 54.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.78 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 75% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.29 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 36.93 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 59.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 83% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 85% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.22 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 247 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.96 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 17.7% | 17% |
| A-level students | 62 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 247 | 21% | 64% | 84% | |
| English Language | 247 | 17% | 57% | 82% | |
| English Literature | 247 | 25% | 76% | 92% | |
| Spanish | 243 | 23% | 58% | 79% | |
| Combined Science | 203 | 15% | 55% | 73% | |
| Geography | 125 | 31% | 64% | 76% | |
| History | 85 | 26% | 75% | 89% | |
| Drama | 63 | 6% | 48% | 63% | |
| Computer Science | 55 | 33% | 73% | 91% | |
| Biology | 44 | 82% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 44 | 77% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 44 | 82% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 27 | 11% | 26% | 67% | |
| Psychology | 24 | 0% | 13% | 33% | |
| Sociology | 21 | 0% | 24% | 52% | |
| English Literature | 17 | 12% | 12% | 65% | |
| History | 14 | 7% | 21% | 71% | |
| Economics | 14 | 0% | 36% | 64% | |
| Physics | 12 | 8% | 50% | 83% | |
| Chemistry | 10 | 0% | 20% | 50% | |
| Computer Science | 10 | 0% | 10% | 70% | |
| Biology | 8 | 0% | 38% | 88% | |
| Business Studies | 8 | 0% | 13% | 63% | |
| Law | 7 | 0% | 71% | 100% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 19057: Riverside School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 8 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| 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.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 55% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 5% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 57% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Barking and Dagenham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.