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Riverside Bridge School[1]

Special · ages 4–16

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Results

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Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
2023/24 0%[4] 0%[4]
2022/23 0%[5] 0%[5]
2018/19 0%[6] 0%[6]
2017/18 0%[7] 0%[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
65% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[8]
Employment
0% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 69%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9]
2020/21 89%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10] 67%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10]
2019/20 100%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11] 89%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
25 Mar 2025[12]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[12]
Report published
11 May 2025[12]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[12]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[12]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
25 Feb 2020[13] Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection[13] Good[13]
7 Mar 2019[14] Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools special[1]
Ages
4–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
270[1]
Trust
PARTNERSHIP LEARNING[1]
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham[1]
Website
https://www.riversidebridge.com/[1]
District
Barking and Dagenham[15]
Postcode
IG11 0FU[1]
URN
142134[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
249 2024/25[16]
English as an additional language
25.7% 2024/25[16]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[16]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[16]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
46.7% 2024/25[16]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
21%[17]
Mixed
6.9%[17]
Asian
29.2%[17]
Black
39.5%[17]
Any other ethnic group
0%[17]
Unclassified
3.4%[17]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.