# Riverside Community Special School

Riverside Community Special School is a special school in Havant, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 157 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E116600. [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 157
- Council: Havant
- URN: 116600

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), June 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 6 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Riverside Community Special School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Hampshire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Hampshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |

Riverside Community Special School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Crookhorn College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crookhorn-college-e116428): 350 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 41.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Havant and South Downs College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/havant-and-south-downs-college-e130695): 370 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Morelands Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morelands-primary-school-e116265): 670 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Oaklands Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oaklands-catholic-school-e137345): 690 m. Secondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 48.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Waterlooville](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-catholic-primary-school-waterlooville-e151930): 720 m. Primary. Standards maintained, April 2025
- [Purbrook Park School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/purbrook-park-school-e116506): 1 km. Secondary. School remains Good, November 2023. Attainment 8 of 43.8 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/116600)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/116600)

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