Rivers Academy West London
Tachbrook Road, Feltham, TW14 9PE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Sarah Johnson-Scott
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Aspirations Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Feltham and Heston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,080
- Pupils on roll
- 1,058
- URN
- 137009
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088900245
About this school
Rivers Academy West London is a secondary academy in Feltham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,058 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 157 | 129 | 140 |
| Attainment 8 score | 48.1 | 49.3 | 54.9 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.26 +0.03 to +0.48 | +0.32 +0.07 to +0.58 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 59.7% | 62.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 72.1% | 76.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 76% | 86.8% | 65% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Rivers Academy West London has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hounslow average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48.1 | 45.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.3 | 48.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 54.9 | 45.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 977 |
| 2023/24 | 1,001 |
| 2024/25 | 1,044 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rivers Academy West London compares
Rivers Academy West London ranked 6th of 20 secondary schools in Hounslow for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 87% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54.9 | 8.1% | 34.8% | 1,058 | — |
| Space Studio West London | 40.6 | 12.7% | 37.9% | 148 | 0.0 miles |
| Logic Studio School | 34.2 | 12.4% | 43.6% | 341 | 1.1 miles |
| Springwest Academy | 40.4 | 8.2% | 44.8% | 942 | 1.1 miles |
| The Heathland School | 52 | 7.8% | 28.3% | 1,759 | 2.0 miles |
| St Mark's Catholic School | 62.5 | 5.3% | 13.8% | 1,214 | 2.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.82%
- English as an additional language
- 55.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.14%
- Persistent absence
- 23.12%
Location
Nearby schools
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Space Studio West London0.0 miles
Secondary · Hounslow
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Logic Studio School1.1 miles
Secondary · Feltham
-
Springwest Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Feltham
-
The Heathland School2.0 miles
Secondary · Hounslow
-
St Mark's Catholic School2.3 miles
Secondary · Hounslow
Other schools in Feltham
- Logic Studio School Secondary
- Springwest Academy Secondary
- Cardinal Primary School Primary
- Crane Park Primary School Primary
- Edward Pauling Primary School Primary
- Fairholme Primary School Primary
- Feltham Hill Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Oak Hill Academy West London Primary
- Oriel Academy West London Primary
- Southville Primary School Primary
- Sparrow Farm Primary School Primary
- St Lawrence Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Rivers Academy West London teach?
- Rivers Academy West London teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Feltham.
- Who is the principal of Rivers Academy West London?
- The principal of Rivers Academy West London is Mrs Sarah Johnson-Scott, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rivers Academy West London last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rivers Academy West London, 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 Academy West London?
- Rivers Academy West London has 1,058 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Rivers Academy West London full?
- Rivers Academy West London has capacity for 1,080 pupils and 1,058 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Rivers Academy West London a faith school?
- No. Rivers Academy West London has no designated religious character.
- Is Rivers Academy West London a selective school?
- No. Rivers Academy West London is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Rivers Academy West London?
- Rivers Academy West London is part of ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Rivers Academy West London's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 48.1 in 2022/23 and 54.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Rivers Academy West London rank locally?
- Rivers Academy West London ranked 6th of 20 secondary schools in Hounslow for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 87% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Rivers Academy West London's absence rate?
- Rivers Academy West London's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rivers Academy West London's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rivers Academy West London'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 1 July 2026.