Riverside School

We are a successful co-educational secondary special school based in Haringey in North London. We provide 165 places for students, mainly from across the borough. The school is located on the same site as Mulberry Academy at Woodside Mainstream Secondary School which enables a range of inclusive group activities to take place between the schools.

Students at Riverside experience a wide range of learning challenges, from the highest functioning to the most complex, including general, moderate, complex, severe, and profound and multiple learning difficulties. Approximately two-thirds of the school’s population have a diagnosis of autism, one third a variety of other needs.

At KS4 all students take a range of fully accredited courses according to their capacity. The majority of students transition to college at year 11, but a small cohort stay on at Riverside for their Post-16 years where they also take a range of accredited courses.

The school is organised into 5 Teams. Classes are grouped within Teams 1-4 according to common levels of communication and independence, with Team 1 classes being the highest-functioning, and the other Teams reflecting staggered complexities of need. Team 5 is based in an off-site annex covering a range of needs. The age ranges are: Teams 1-3 (11-16), Team 4 (11-19), Team 5 (16-19).