SCHOOL PROFILE

Riverside School: data, trends and context

Riverside School is a secondary school in Barking and Dagenham. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
139791
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Region
London
Trust
PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
Postcode
IG11 0FU
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,550
FSM eligible
33.0%
EAL / First language other than English
32.7%
SEND (total)
6.1%
SEN Support
4.9%
EHCP
1.2%
White British
6.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
96.0%
Overall absence
4.0%
Persistent absence
7.8%
Severe absence
0.36%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Barking and DagenhamLocal authority93.3%6.7%3.0%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
0.65%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
0.58%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
55.5
English & maths grade 5+
59.9%
English & maths grade 4+
83.0%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Riverside School is a secondary school in Barking and Dagenham. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.