Secondary
Riverside School
Renwick Road, Barking, IG11 0FU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1550 of 1824 places
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2022
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
60%
55.5
1st of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Barking we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.22 |
| Entered the EBacc | 85% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 83% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.96 |
| A level students | 62 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 58% |
| 22/23 | 60% |
| 23/24 | 56% |
| 24/25 | 60% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.1 |
| 22/23 | 39.8 |
| 23/24 | 36.9 |
| 24/25 | 38.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.98 |
| 22/23 | +1.07 |
| 23/24 | +0.78 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 57.0 |
| 22/23 | 55.5 |
| 23/24 | 54.4 |
| 24/25 | 55.5 |
Renwick Road, Barking, IG11 0FU
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Barking and Dagenham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Andrew Roberts
- Address
- Renwick Road, Barking, IG11 0FU
- Telephone
- 02039465888