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Riverside Bridge School

Mixed · ages 4–16 · with sixth formBarking and Dagenham, London · Barking IG11 0FUTrust: Partnership LearningSchool website
Pupils on roll
291of 270 places
Free school meals
36.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
19
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 26 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 20 pupils who finished Year 11 at Riverside Bridge School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Riverside Bridge School’s own sixth form (Barking and Dagenham average 49%), 65% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Barking and Dagenham and England.

Riverside Bridge School
Barking and Dagenham
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureRiverside Bridge SchoolBarking and DagenhamEngland
Pupils in the cohort203,042607,348
Any sustained destination85%93%92%
Stayed in education85%92%86%
— school sixth form0%49%34%
— sixth form college0%6%13%
— further education college65%35%37%
— other education20%1%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination5%5%6%
Destination unknown10%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham

Dagenham Park CofE School

Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 1,414 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1

Eastbrook School

Community school · sixth form · 1,320 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.2

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.