Riverston School A GSG School
- Riverston School
63-69 Eltham Road
Lee Green
London
SE12 8UF - Head: Mr Guy Baker
- T 020 8318 4327
- F 020 8297 0514
- E [email protected]
- W www.riverstonschool.co.uk
- A mainstream independent school for pupils from 11- 21 years with particular provision for students with mild learning difficulties, autism spectrum disorder of average ability level. In addition, there is nursery and early years provision from age 0-5. There is no junior School.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Greenwich
- Pupils: 200; sixth formers: 36
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: March and April
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
A wide practical curriculum plays to children’s strengths. ‘A lot of these children are more creative than academic’ a parent told us. Food tech is super popular: ‘It’s spaghetti bolognaise, quiche, cakes, they bring them all home - lovely!’ a parent said. Six students with a teacher and LSA were preparing meatballs in the kitchen studio when we visited, each vying to be chef of the term.
What the school says...
Riverston School is part of the Chatsworth Schools Group. We cater for SEN students with ASD, ADHD and moderate learning difficulties from Year 7 up to Sixth Form. We also have an Early Years setting with a Nursery and Pre-School with babies from 9 months of age up to when they start Reception class. In the Senior School and College we offer small class sizes with a strong pastoral programme along with therapy intervention from Speech and Language and Occupational Therapists. Our emphasis is on inclusion and diversity and the celebration of success and participation are encouraged whether that be academic, within sports, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme or to be involved in House competitions or charity fundraising. We also offer a curriculum tailored to the needs of the students. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since March 2024, Guy Baker, previously deputy head and a recent graduate of the Chatsworth Schools Leadership Development programme. He stepped up to the role after 11 years at the school teaching history and taking on various pastoral roles. Riverston is ‘somewhere where all students can find their place and find it socially and be themselves’, he says. ‘It’s really child-centred, looking at the whole child, listening to both the child and parent voice. It's a personalised approach that works.’
He plans to make the curriculum more engaging to pupils’ needs, offering more relevant courses for what they can and want to do. This will include lots of digital opportunities – from e-sport to computing qualifications – as many of the pupils excel in this area. He’s also a big...
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Special Education Needs
We are an independent mainstream school with a large SEN provision with the majority of our pupils having a diagnosis of SEN or disability. We are a small nurturing setting with currently around 6 – 9 pupils per class and at least 1 Learning support assistant within each class alongside the class teacher. Our high staff to pupil ration allows us to better cater to of our pupils and ensures we are delivering continuous support across the main areas of need. We have therapy very much integrated into our setting and have onsite therapists following a multi-disciplinary approach to learning to facilitate this. In house we have a diverse SEN team consisting of Speech and language and Occupational therapists, a dyslexia teacher, a drama therapist and soon to have onsite ELSA support working with pupils to support the provision stated within their plans or via referral by staff members. Pupils mostly access the mainstream secondary curriculum however we do have a parallel curriculum which focuses on gaps within the primary key stage 2 curriculum to support pupils who are unable to access the secondary national curriculum. We offer a wide broad curriculum creating a bespoke plan to ensure all of our pupils progression is celebrated though a number of qualifications such as GCSE’s, BTEC’s, ASDAN, Entry Level courses, Functional skills courses, AS and A-level courses and the list continues.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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