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.
Explore Riverston School
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
Yesterday we said goodbye to a dear staff member, our school nurse Ms Wade💙
Ms Wade has been our school nurse for over 8 years and she has been on a special journey with us throughout her time. Building brilliant relationships with students and staff and we will forever miss her knowledge and just herself for what she brought to our school 🏫
We wish her all the best on her future endeavours ✨
Oct 16
Esports is a dynamic and innovative sector that has redefined the way we think about learning.
Imagine classrooms where complex mathematical concepts are applied through calculating in game strategies, where storytelling skills are honed through interactive game narratives and where leadership and collaboration thrive as students strategise and execute complex team plays.
Through the lens of esports, education takes on a new dimension, one that seamlessly blends passion led learning with skills development. Engaging in a range of disciplines from strategic thinking to teamwork, problem solving and communication, esports helps to develop essential skills for the future.
As students discover real world applications for academic subjects within the context of esports, their motivation to learn and engage with a wider range of disciplines is heightened.
Oct 15
💙Include | Innovate | Inspire💙
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.
Oct 11
