School profile
Riverside School
White Hart Lane, Wood Green, London, N22 5QJ
Overview
Riverside School is a special / send school (community special school) in London, London, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Community special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 182
- Pupils on roll
- 172
- URN
- 102178
Admissions
- Local authority
- Haringey
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Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 15 April 2026 · Published 7 June 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Previous inspection information
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 29 March 2022 · Published 15 June 2022
Overall effectiveness: Good
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
- VI - Visual Impairment
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
- PD - Physical Disability
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Location
- Address
- White Hart Lane, Wood Green, London, N22 5QJ
- Local authority
- Haringey
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