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

Riverston Nursery
Riverston Nursery and Early Years Department operates a morning, afternoon or a full day programme for children aged 9 months to 4 years old.

Riverston School
Our ethos and approach in the senior school remains focused on developing the unique skills, talents and abilities of every individual pupil with personalised education plans for everyone.

Riverston College
Riverston College is our offering for students of 16 years and above with courses and programmes that allow our students to realise their ambitions and to progress further.
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

We had some very excited students this week who created Elephant toothpaste in one of their Science experiments with Ms Sood, they formulated their ingredients to watch a massive chemical reaction take place that was truly incredible!
#scienceexperiment #riverstonschool #elephanttoothpaste #STEM #Science #creativelearning #chemical #reaction
Feb 6

Yesterday we were delighted to have in someone from Animal Aid who led a cookery workshop with our KS4 Students.
Our engaged students were led through a practical cooking demonstration cooking a vegan friendly dish, with the opportunity to taste if afterwards👩🏻🍳
#cooking #dishes #veganfriendly #animalaid #riverstonschool #foodtech
Feb 5

The size of Riverston School ensures that each student receives individual attention to enhance his or her personal well-being. Form Tutors oversee academic and social welfare. For those more vulnerable students, who require more robust support, key workers are assigned to provide additional personalised intervention.
Feb 5

Well done to all of our amazing students that participated in the Basketball match against Browns School earlier this week🏀
They scored an amazing 21-6, coached by one of our Year 12 students they showed amazing professionalism throughout.
#welldone #basketballmatch #riverstonschool
Jan 31

Chinese New Year was a massive hit with all of our students and staff on Wednesday.
We received some feedback, mentioned below:
“I totally agree with this. As always Liz and the team have done a fantastic job. We are really lucky. School food is not meant to be this good!!”
“A lovely array of Chinese dishes. Spoilt for choice. Egg fried rice was delicious. The fortune cookies were yummy”.
#chinesenewyear #celebration #lunaryear
Jan 31

🏮Xin nian kuai le🏮- Happy Chinese New Year!🧧
Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.
The Lunar New Year 2025 marks the arrival of the Wood Snake, a rare and meaningful combination that appears only once every 60 years.
Jan 29
