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Riverside Education This Term Riverside Education has changed as a school. They have put so much effort into this wonderful place, and they have changed as people. The students have changed their attitude to learning and their manners towards staff. Trips are coming up, which give everyone a chance to get their positive logs up. […]

GCSE Exam Dates 2025

English Literature:Paper 1 – Monday 12th May (am)Paper 2 – Tuesday 20th May (am) English Language:Paper 1 – Friday 23rd May (am)Paper 2 – Friday 6th June (am) Maths:Paper 1 – Thursday 15th May (am)Paper 2 – Wednesday 4th June (am)Paper 3 – Wednesday 11th June (am) Synergy:Paper 1 – Tuesday 13th May (pm)Paper 2 […]

Results Day

GCSE results day is Thursday 22nd August 2024.  School will be open between 9 am – 2 pm to collect your results.  If you are unable to collect them, please speak to your relevant site staff to arrange to receive them. Good luck!

Exams Season Is Here!

All the hard work has come down to this! Exam season is here and we are ready for it! We understand how nerve-wracking it can be, not only as student, but also as parents and carers, and even teachers. Though we can’t take the exams for them, we will equip, support and encourage them into […]

The BBC Returns to Riverside!

Over the last couple of weeks, we have had the joy of welcoming back the BBC team to deliver fun, engaging workshops about careers in the BBC as well as introducing podcasting. Our students were fantastic, getting involved straight away and discovering their natural talent. Though some hadn’t done podcasting before, they bravely gave it […]

Making Ethernet Cables

At Riverside, we like to make our lessons as practical and accessible as possible. For example, one of our most recent popular activities has been Computer Science as the students have been making Ethernet cables. Even some of our staff got involved! Activities like these are all about giving the students practical skills that go […]

Lambing Season!

We are delighted to have some lambs at our Work-Based Learning Programme. Our ewes were taken in already pregnant and ready to burst! It was such a great surprise when they lambed early. Our amazing team have been monitoring the new little families closely. All seem to be doing well, have a look for yourself: […]

Trips to South and City College

This week, we had the pleasure to visit South and City College’s Digbeth and Bordesley campuses, led by Ri and Imran. It was a great day to explore some of the exciting options the college has to offer. Our students loved look around the workshops, especially the mechanical engineering workshop. We also met various students […]

Cyberbullying Support

At Riverside, best practice is always better to be shared. This is why we like to offer resources for parents and carers to ensure they can access support for their child. Please see this link for a guide on cyberbullying support from SKIPS. This is a wonderful organisation that educates young people and their families […]