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 Forest School🌳
As the weather is starting to warm up our students have been making the most out of our Forest School space with its leader Ms Watson. Here are some brilliant pictures of our student excavating a space using different tools that were available to them💚
#ForestSchool #RiverstonSchool #outdoorlearning #innovate #include #inspire #Teachoutdoors #Greenwich #SEND #SEN
Jan 16
A brilliant practical demonstration completed in one of our Science lessons this week. Students had undertaken a filtration experiment where they mixed various elements together to see which had filtered through and recording their results🔬
#science #riverstonschool #innvoate #include #inspire
Jan 15
Our ultimate aim at Riverston is for all our children to leave our schools well-rounded in the widest sense: their minds will be open; the horizons broad and hearts open to all citizens around them. It is not just about learning through a ‘new lens’ but learning through a ‘diverse, equitable and inclusive lens.’ They will be fully equipped to live and thrive in a multi-cultural world, where they will model tolerance, inclusion and respect, as a result of their education at Riverston.
Jan 13
