Woodview
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Orpington, BR5 4EP
- Distance
- 1.8km away
Riverside School
Main Road, St Paul's Cray, Orpington, BR5 3HS
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
319
Capacity
3-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 GCSEs · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 6 November 2024.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Cohort Size
- 30
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 357
- Boys
- 261 (73%)
- Girls
- 99 (28%)
- Capacity
- 319 (113% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.1%
- EAL
- 14.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £33,655/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 35.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 43.5%
- Black African: 13.9%
- Mixed Other: 13.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.4%
- White Other: 5.1%
- Black Caribbean: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.6%
43.5%
White British
13.9%
Black African
13.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 135232
- UKPRN
- 10022976
- Establishment No.
- 7012
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