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Rivers Academy West London[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 49.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
51.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.32 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 54.9[6] 62.1%[6]
2023/24 49.3[4] 59.7%[4] +0.32[4]
2022/23 48.1[7] 51%[7] +0.26[7]
2021/22 47.9[8] 50%[8] +0.05[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 11.8%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 16.2%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 28.1%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 8.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
47% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
37% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[15] 43%[15] 0%[15] 44%[15] 4%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 43%[16] 1%[16] 43%[16] 2%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 37%[17] 0%[17] 55%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 89%[18] 49%[18] 1%[18] 36%[18] 1%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
Education
82% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
4% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[20] 71%[20] 3%[20] 18%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 79%[21] 2%[21] 9%[21]
2019/20 65%[22] 54%[22] 0%[22] 11%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 68%[23] 0%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
87% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
21% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
27% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
4% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 82%[26] 25%[26]
2019/20 73%[25] 27%[25] 27%[25] 4%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 5%[27] 7%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 62%[28] 5%[28] 2%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
15 Oct 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 Nov 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
29 Jan 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
452 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
137 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
206 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 357[31] 142[31] 208[31] 1.7[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024 371[31] 146[31] 205[31] 1.8[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2023 410[31] 190[31] 210[31] 2.0[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2022 415[31] 194[31] 210[31] 2.0[31] 0.9[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1080[1]
Trust
ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hounslow[1]
Website
http://www.rivers-aspirations.org/[1]
District
Hounslow[32]
Postcode
TW14 9PE[1]
URN
137009[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1044 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
55.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
10.7% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.5% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
34.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
33.8%[34]
Mixed
11.3%[34]
Asian
30.4%[34]
Black
11.1%[34]
Any other ethnic group
10.9%[34]
Unclassified
2.5%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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