Rivermead School
Special / other · Gillingham · ME7 1UG
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 21 February 2024
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163 pupils
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 55.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 2.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0.7% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 99.3% of pupils
- Website
- www.rivermead.org.uk
- URN
- 142555
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
no data
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GCSE results (2024/2025)
23 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 20 February 2024: School remains Good
- 10 July 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.