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
Year 7 students have been tucking in to yummy sandwiches & delicious milkshakes during their ASDAN lesson🥤
Students were encouraged to make sandwiches & milkshakes to enjoy to develop their own individual life skills. Our ASDAN course focuses on engaging learners through relevant and motivating courses to achieve meaningful learning outcomes.
Subsequently elevating them to progress to further education, training and work, and empower them to take control of their lives.
Jan 6
Welcome back!
It has been lovely to see all of our school community return to kick start off another term on a high. Students have been eagerly awaiting to get back in to the swing of things, catching up with friends & teachers which has been lovely to see.
We hope that everyone who is returning back to school this week, has a great week ahead!
Jan 6
“We are really happy. The more I hear about Riverston School, the more I wish every child had access to a school like yours. Since he’s been with you he recognises his autism no longer as a disability but as an advantage. The culture in this school is amazing where all pupils with all sorts of needs are taught together and accept each other.”🫶
- Year 13 parent
Jan 3
“Now that we know that she can take functional skills and BTEC and A Level courses and still access further education, we are over the moon. I am going to skip all the way home, thank you I couldn’t be happier”.
-Year 10 parent
📞0208 813 4327
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🌐www.riverstonschool.co.uk
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