Arrow Vale High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 843 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.8
Academy special sponsor led
Riversides School
- Pupils on roll
- 73of 68 places
- Free school meals
- 74.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 15
- Ofsted
- Report card, 27 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Riversides School (URN 131492, until 20 November 2013).
What the data says
The Department for Education has not published where Riversides School’s Year 11 leavers went next (the cohort is too small to report), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 13.9 against 46.1 across England and 44.2 in Worcestershire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Riversides School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 Worcestershire and England.
The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Riversides School | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 13.9 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 7% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.69 | 3.92 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 87% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 48.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 10% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 14 | 93% | 86% | 0% | 21% | 14% |
| Media Studies | 10 | 67% | 4% | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| Mathematics | 10 | 67% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| English Language | 9 | 60% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| History | 5 | 33% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Biology | 5 | 33% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Statistics | 2 | 13% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 9 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Worcestershire
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.6
Bishop Perowne CofE College
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80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.3
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.1
Christopher Whitehead Language College
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85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,290 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.1
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.