Riverwalk School, Bury St. Edmunds

Overview

Riverwalk School is a special / send school (academy special converter) in Bury St. Edmunds, East of England, for pupils aged 3–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Academy special converter
Establishment group: Academies
Age range: Ages 3–19
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: Yes
School capacity: 215
Pupils on roll: 217
URN: 146418

Admissions

Local authority: Suffolk
Academy trust or group: CONSORTIUM TRUST

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Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

Primary

2024/25 results

This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.

Primary results 2024/25
Measure	School
Grammar, punctuation & spelling — meeting the expected standard	0%
Grammar, punctuation & spelling — achieving a high score	0%
Maths — meeting the expected standard	0%
Maths — achieving a high score	0%
Reading — meeting the expected standard	0%
Reading — achieving a high score	0%
Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard	0%
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard	0%
Science — meeting the expected standard	0%
Writing — meeting the expected standard	0%
Writing — working at greater depth	0%

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 16 July 2024 · Published 8 September 2024

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

Overall effectiveness

Good

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Good
Personal development: Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Early years provision (where applicable): Good
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good

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Other recent inspection activity

These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.

Ungraded inspection
Inspected 9 June 2023 · Published 20 July 2023
Outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

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.

SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
PD - Physical Disability
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty

Location

Address: Mayfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2PD
Local authority: Suffolk
Area: Schools in West Suffolk

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