Rivers Education Support Centre
Old Essex Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Shelley Hughes
- Constituency
- Broxbourne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 56
- Pupils on roll
- 15
- URN
- 135890
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01992534841
About this school
Rivers Education Support Centre is a special school in Hoddesdon. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 15 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Rivers Education Support Centre has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | 29 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 75.86%
- English as an additional language
- 10.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hailey Hall School1.0 miles
Academies · Hertford
-
Amwell View School1.5 miles
Special schools · Ware
-
Haileybury College1.5 miles
Independent schools · Hertford
-
Middleton School2.6 miles
Special schools · Ware
-
Pinewood School2.7 miles
Academies · Ware
Other schools in Hoddesdon
- Forres Primary Academy Primary
- High Leigh Primary School Primary
- Roselands Primary School Primary
- Sheredes Primary School Primary
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School Primary
- St Cross Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Cranbourne Primary School Primary
- Robert Barclay Academy Secondary
- The John Warner School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Rivers Education Support Centre teach?
- Rivers Education Support Centre teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Hoddesdon.
- Who is the headteacher of Rivers Education Support Centre?
- The headteacher of Rivers Education Support Centre is Mrs Shelley Hughes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rivers Education Support Centre last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rivers Education Support Centre, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Rivers Education Support Centre?
- Rivers Education Support Centre has 15 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Rivers Education Support Centre full?
- Rivers Education Support Centre has capacity for 56 pupils and 15 on roll (27%), so it has space against 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 Rivers Education Support Centre a faith school?
- No. Rivers Education Support Centre has no designated religious character.
- Does Rivers Education Support Centre publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Rivers Education Support Centre. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 1 July 2026.