Riverside School
Renwick Road, Barking, IG11 0FU
1,550 pupils · 85% of 1,824 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33.6%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 October 2022, published 17 November 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 55.5 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 59.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 83% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 85% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.74 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 294 | 219 | 558 | 293 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 273 | 239 | 526 | 270 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 299 | 266 | 600 | 299 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 228 | 191 | 448 | 228 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 260 | 217 | 516 | 260 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 249 | 206 | 546 | 249 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 278 | 215 | 590 | 278 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 247 | 194 | 527 | 247 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Jo Richardson Community School 1.4 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Woolwich Polytechnic School 2.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls 2.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College 2.6 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Greatfields School 2.6 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Dagenham Park CofE School 3 km · Standards maintained (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.