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
Last week some of our Year 7 students visited Frylands Wood. A fantastic outdoor learning space where they enjoyed an outdoor adventure sledding, learning about different plants & wildlife. This was a fantastic opportunity for our students to experience the benefits of being in a natural environment 🌳
#frylandswood #outdoorlearning #forestschool #nuturesuccessforlife #innovate #include #inspire
#year7 #schooltrip
Apr 22
Wow what a week we have had since returning for our Summer Term! ☀️
Our first week, was jam packed with exciting activities happening around our school:
🦊 Mr Fox visited our Forest School
🎨 Year 7 students have been practising shading in negative space
📰 Talk Education wrote a fantastic review of our school
⏰ KS3 students have been designing and making their own clocks in DT
🚶 Prospective parents/guardians visited with their students for our April Open Day
👩🏻🌾 Gardening club have been preparing our sensory garden for the warmer months ahead
We look forward to sharing with you our newsletter this week since returning back for the Summer Term!
#riverstonschool #whatson #innovate #include #inspire #nurturelearning #SEND #SEMH #ASD #Autism #inclusive #inclusivity
Apr 22
Earlier this week we had the pleasure of showing Philippa Wheatley from Talk Education our amazing school💙🏫
Their review has left us in awe of how they have truly captured the essence of how we support our students during their academic journey with us 🙌🏻
“With SEND provision second to none and an environment perfectly tailored to pupils’ needs, Riverston offers the best we’ve seen for children who find mainstream education a challenge. Here, they’re celebrated and nurtured, and outcomes are fantastic”.
Talk Education also took the time to speak to our Headteacher Mr Guy Baker noting his passion on supporting our students with finding their own chosen pathways.
“He’s passionate about helping pupils map their pathway early on, to see whether they are heading to university, are employable or can be independent if they’re going on to assisted living. He plans to make the curriculum more engaging to pupils’ needs, offering more relevant courses for what they can and want to do”.
You certainly don’t want to miss this latest review and to read more, visit here: https://shorturl.at/BJLP0
#talkeducation #riverstonschool #latestreview
Apr 19
World Art Day 🎨🖌️
Here at Riverston School we have a number of fabulous artists in the making who always amaze us with their talented creations. This World Art Day is a timely reminder that art can unite and connect us even in the most difficult of circumstances.
#worldartday #themedday #artists #talent #art
Apr 15
Not too long ago staff attended a insightful CPD First Aid session with our knowledgable school nurse Ms Rose Wade 👩⚕️
This session allowed our staff to have a refresher and more of an insight into understanding Epilepsy in School. These sessions occur with Ms Wade every week on different topics so staff are always informed on what best practice is in different first aid areas.
Providing useful tools and actions required so we all ensure that we are taking a collective effort to protecting our students if situations where to occur that they require first aid due to their Epilepsy 💙
Apr 15
