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ETHOS & VALUES

The School Council have produced the following list of values which they feel are at the heart of Riverside School:

  • Learning is at the heart of everything we do
  • We celebrate our diversity
  • We respect each other
  • We have high aspirations

 

Excellence for All

At the Riverside School, we uphold the traditional values of strong discipline, high expectations and a demanding academic curriculum. At the same time we are totally committed to the best use of 21st century computer technology to help teaching and learning. Our first priority is the development of every students’ academic potential to the fullest.

We demand that the students at Riverside achieve the very best that they are capable of, but we also work to ensure that they are happy and feel secure at school. Learning can be difficult and challenging at times, and it is our job, with the support of parents, to keep the pressure on and maintain motivation.

We believe in firm discipline: without good order in the classroom teachers cannot teach and students cannot learn. At Riverside School we do not tolerate any student who wants to stop others from learning. We expect students to take pride in belonging to their school by wearing correct school uniform and wearing it smartly and properly.

We also expect students to get involved in the wider life of the school: to join clubs, get involved in sports teams and take part in school productions. In short, to take advantage of all the opportunities that an exciting school like Riverside offers.

Modern British Values

Modern British Values are taught in every aspect of school life at Riverside: in the classroom, through our guest speakers, on the sports field and in daily interactions between staff and students. Click here for more details on how Modern British Values are embedded in the life of Riverside School.

Riverside’s Values

Mr A. Roberts, Headteacher
At Riverside School, we serve our local community, meeting the needs of a rapidly growing school population in the Thames View and Riverside areas in the southern part of our borough, maintaining the very highest standard of education to ensure ‘Excellence for All’.

Our success is a result of an absolute emphasis on learning, the brilliant parental support that we receive and our close-knit team of enthusiastic and incredibly talented staff. There is a real sense of passion and dynamism that students and staff bring to all that they do, sharing the following common values:

  • Learning is at the heart of everything we do.
  • We celebrate our diversity.
  • We respect each other 
  • We have high aspirations.

What people say about us

Ofsted 2015

“High aspiration is an expectation for everybody at Riverside School.”

Ofsted 2015

“Students' behaviour around school and in lessons is exemplary. They are eager to learn and contribute very well to lessons.”

Year 7 Riverside Student

“…getting stuck is part of learning”

Ofsted 2015

"Attendance is well above average. Students enjoy, and are proud of, going to Riverside School."

Duke of Edinburgh 2017

The assessor said: ‘it was a pleasure to see how well all the pupils worked together, not just within in their teams but as a collective to make sure everyone came out successful. It is a credit to the school to see a bunch of pupils so willing to help each other and show such great levels of commitment and determination.’



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