INCLUDE | INNOVATE | INSPIRE
Welcome to Riverston School
Our Aims and Ethos
Riverston School provides a warm, caring and stimulating environment where children will learn new skills. We excel at providing each child with the right skills to prepare them for life in the wider world. We are part of a community characterised by a profound respect for and encouragement of diversity, where important differences among children and adults are celebrated. What drives us is ensuring that children have the best possible life chances and that they are not limited by the perceptions of themselves and what they might achieve in life.
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HEADTEACHER'S WELCOME
I am delighted to welcome you to Riverston School and College. If we have the pleasure of you visiting in person, you will quickly see we are a very unique setting with the reality of inclusion at our core. We are an independent school in the heart of London, and reflect the diversity that surrounds us. Our students reach across all abilities and backgrounds. Our small classes and nurturing environment provides the platform for success that a traditional educational setting cannot provide. Many of our students come from a place of broken relationships with the school system, difficult experiences in their peer relationships or a lack of empathy and understanding from professionals working with them. We look to repair relationships and trust in the school system so that students feel safe enough, and happy enough, to reach their academic potential.
Our extensive therapy team including drama therapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy, allow us to cater for students with wide ranging needs, including those with mental health difficulties as well as learning needs. We offer a broad and rich curriculum which includes GCSEs, A Levels and BTECs, alongside a range of life skills courses that help prepare our young people for life beyond secondary education. Our future focused ethos means we take a very child centred approached and look to tailor our provision to the needs of each individual, leading them to where they want be in adulthood. Whether that is further education, employment or simply being able to live independently, our focus is on the child and family voice and their hopes and aspirations. We very much hope you will have the chance to visit our fantastic school, so we can show you our ethos and values in practice.
Guy Baker, Headteacher
The Riverston School Tapestry
At Riverston School we believe in the individual.
We believe in understanding and acknowledging their learning mindset and their approach to learning. We believe in adapting the curriculum to the needs of the individual and not the other way round.
At Riverston School we take the UK National Curriculum and weave our own, unique threads to create a truly bespoke, Individualised learning framework that is tailored to our school’s specific needs, culture and the aspirations of our children.
We call our bespoke learning framework The Riverston Tapestry.
Our school’s community and learning is rooted and shaped by our bespoke tapestry of six strands:
MINDSET
Developing a life-long learning mindset is central to The Riverston Tapestry. We ensure our students are open-minded, inquisitive, and able to make the most of their choices and talents.
DIGITAL LITERACY
Our students will be able to access and engage with the digital world at their fingertips. They will learn how to consume, understand, and produce digital work to compete in and contribute to a digital world.
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
With the support of Happy Space, a mental health and wellbeing charity, our learning approach equips our students with the toolkit to develop their minds, their passions, and their resilience.
GLOBAL
Every one of our students will feel at one with the world in which they live and develop a deep understanding and empathy for all cultures and societies.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The Riverston Tapestry integrates future-focused learning and transferable skills in entrepreneurship and innovation in collaboration with 8Billionideas.
SUSTAINABILITY
We help our students to develop a deep understanding of issues that face mankind today and to be responsible stewards of our planet
Mar 24
The S.A.F.E (safe area for education) Hub is a fully resourced Centre for students struggling to engage with school due to factors not associated with behaviour. This could include mental health difficulties or heightened levels of anxiety where they require wrap around support while remaining within school. The S.A.F.E Hub works in tandem with our therapy Centre, where our therapy team will support the Pastoral Team in providing specialist intervention for students.
The S.A.F.E Hub includes a fully resourced calm room, which provides a nurturing, quiet sanctuary for children to withdraw to if the school day is becoming overwhelming. Within the S.A.F.E Hub classroom students will be supported in continuing with their studies, ensuring that they do not fall behind academically but feel safe and calm while they work. The end goal is always reintegration and so each student will have a carefully considered and thoughtful strategic plan to help them to return fully to the main body of the school when they are ready. The goal of the S.A.F.E Hub is to reduce absences caused by anxiety or mental health amongst our school community.
Mar 21
Our KS3 students have been hard at work in the Forest School space, building nests to nurture wildlife and expressing their creativity under the guidance of Ms. Watson. Their joyful faces reflect the joy of learning in nature! 🌿😊 Let’s applaud their efforts and commitment to the environment. #NatureLovers #StudentCreativity #ForestAdventures
Mar 20
It was an engaging session as our students collaborated with Ms. Goodman, our Occupational Therapist, to learn the important life skill of hair washing. 🧴 Their enthusiasm and focus on the key steps were truly inspiring! What other life skills would you like to see our students explore? Comment below! #SkillBuilding #OccupationalTherapy #StudentEngagement
Mar 20
Witness the creativity and collaboration in action! Our students are diving into a unique Speech & Language and Occupational Therapy session, crafting a stop motion film using Playdough. Each student is bringing their character and plot to life, showcasing their imagination and teamwork🎬✨ #CreativeLearning #Teamwork #StopMotionMagic
Mar 19
