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CURRICULUM

Riverside School works closely with four other local sixth forms, which allows students a huge range of choice when looking at what subjects they want to study. Subjects may be based in any of the other four schools in our partnership. The schools are:

  • Sydney Russell School
  • Eastbury School
  • Jo Richardson School
  • Dagenham Park School

 

Most students will be doing 3 linear A-Level courses plus EPQ during year 12. Students will pick something from each of the 4 blocks. The precise make up of each student’s courses and timetable will be finally decided in light of GCSE results and in discussion with the Director of Sixth Form. To start A-Level courses, students will need the appropriate Attainment 8 score from their GCSEs including grade 5 for both GCSE English and maths. (Students with grade 4 will also be considered but their course choice will be more limited.) If the A-Level is a subject taken at GCSE the student should have a 5 or more in that subject. For maths A-Level students will need a 6 in the higher tier GCSE, and also pass the entry exam, science students will also need maths GCSE 5 plus a 6  in the science they wish to study.

Students who have completed their GCSEs at Riverside School but may not be suited to linear A-Level courses can apply to a variety of courses at the partnership schools. Level 1 courses are available at Dagenham Park School and vocational courses which include BTECs are an option at Jo Richardson School, Eastbury School and Dagenham Park School.

The curriculum subjects currently being offered for teaching at Riverside School from September 2019, are the following:

  • Maths
  • English Literature
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Biology
  • Art
  • Spanish
  • Geography
  • History
  • Economics
  • Psychology
  • Computer Science
  • Further Maths
  • Extended Project Qualification

 

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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