Riverside Bridge School
Renwick Road, Barking, IG11 0FU
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
- Headteacher
- Ms Leila Amri
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Partnership Learning
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 291
- URN
- 142134
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02039465888
About this school
Riverside Bridge School is a special academy in Barking. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 291 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Riverside Bridge 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 21 | 16 | 15 |
| 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 | -6.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.00 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 20 | 16 | 19 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Riverside Bridge 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 | Barking and Dagenham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 62.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 162 |
| 2023/24 | 196 |
| 2024/25 | 249 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report26 March 2025
- 25 February 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.72%
- English as an additional language
- 25.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.19%
- Persistent absence
- 33.19%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Northstar Nurture School1.1 miles
Special schools · Dagenham
-
Hopewell School1.1 miles
Special schools · Essex
-
Mayesbrook Park School1.2 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Dagenham
-
Pathways School1.5 miles
Free Schools · Dagenham
-
Brighter Futures Specialist College Ltd1.7 miles
Other types · London
Other schools in Barking
- Eastbury Primary School Primary
- Gascoigne Primary School Primary
- George Carey Church of England Primary School Primary
- Greatfields Primary School Primary
- Manor Junior School Primary
- Northbury Primary School Primary
- Ripple Primary School Primary
- Riverside Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Margarets CofE Primary School Primary
- Thames View Infants Primary
- Thames View Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Riverside Bridge School teach?
- Riverside Bridge School teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is a special school in Barking.
- Who is the headteacher of Riverside Bridge School?
- The headteacher of Riverside Bridge School is Ms Leila Amri, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Riverside Bridge School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Riverside Bridge 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 Bridge School?
- Riverside Bridge School has 291 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is Riverside Bridge School full?
- Riverside Bridge School has capacity for 270 pupils and 291 on roll (108%), 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 Bridge School a faith school?
- No. Riverside Bridge School has no designated religious character.
- Is Riverside Bridge School part of an academy trust?
- Riverside Bridge School is part of PARTNERSHIP LEARNING. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Riverside Bridge School have?
- The schools register lists Riverside Bridge School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Riverside Bridge 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 Bridge School's absence rate?
- Riverside Bridge School's overall absence rate is 10.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Riverside Bridge School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Riverside Bridge 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 2 July 2026.