Riverside Community Special School
Scratchface Lane, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 5QD
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jodie Hope
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Havant
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 149
- Pupils on roll
- 157
- URN
- 116600
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392250138
About this school
Riverside Community Special School is a community special school in Waterlooville. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 157 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Riverside Community Special School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 15 | 29 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -11.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -11.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -9.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Riverside Community Special School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 132 |
| 2023/24 | 139 |
| 2024/25 | 151 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
- 6 June 2023
-
Ungraded inspection report3 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.37%
- English as an additional language
- 2.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.93%
- Persistent absence
- 27.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Waterloo School1.1 miles
Special schools · Waterlooville
-
Prospect School1.3 miles
Special schools · Havant
-
Releasing Potential School1.6 miles
Independent schools
-
Jubilee School1.7 miles
Special schools · Waterlooville
-
The Wymering School2.2 miles
Free Schools · Portsmouth
Other schools in Waterlooville
- Jubilee School Special schools
- Rachel Madocks School Special schools
- The Waterloo School Special schools
- Berewood Primary School Primary
- Catherington Church of England Infant School Primary
- Clanfield Junior School Primary
- Denmead Infant School Primary
- Denmead Junior School Primary
- Hambledon Primary School Primary
- Hart Plain Junior School Primary
- Horndean Church of England Junior School Primary
- Horndean Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Riverside Community Special School teach?
- Riverside Community Special School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a special school in Waterlooville.
- Who is the headteacher of Riverside Community Special School?
- The headteacher of Riverside Community Special School is Mrs Jodie Hope, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Riverside Community Special School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Riverside Community Special School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Riverside Community Special School?
- Riverside Community Special School has 157 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Riverside Community Special School full?
- Riverside Community Special School has capacity for 149 pupils and 157 on roll (105%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Riverside Community Special School a faith school?
- No. Riverside Community Special School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Riverside Community Special School have?
- The schools register lists Riverside Community Special School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Riverside Community Special School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Riverside Community Special School's absence rate?
- Riverside Community Special School's overall absence rate is 9.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Riverside Community Special School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Riverside Community Special School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.