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Riverbank School

Special schoolAges 11–19AcademySixth form

Coventry, CV3 2QD · Coventry local authority

Coventry’s School Grade C+ better than 38% of towns in England

How full
219 pupils
146% of its 150 places
Free school meals
50%
50 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Riverbank School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 219 pupils for 150 places
  • 50% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (CV3 2) sold for a median £265,000; Coventry’s is £225,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 23 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Riverbank beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 0.3

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Coventry avg 44.6

20304050607080England avg 47.3Riverbank 0.3

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Coventry avg 44%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Riverbank 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
2
2024/25
2.1
2025/26
0.3

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.52: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 14 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
0.6England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
0England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Coventry 63% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

208 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
36.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
52%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 30%Boys 70%
Its letter

No letter for Riverbank School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, June 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Riverbank School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in CV3 2, the school’s postcode sector

Coventry property prices →
£265,000
median sale, 612 sales in 36 months · Coventry £225,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025CV3 2Coventry
CV3 2Coventry

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£375K
Semi-detached
£275K
Terraced
£210K
Flat
£144K
CV3 2Coventry

Homes in CV3 2 sell for well over Coventry’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

21 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDC−B+CCB−BC−DB+C+D−DCCB+BB−C+CDRiverbank School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Coventry, CV3 2QD

Riverbank School: common questions

What is Riverbank School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (June 2023).

How much do houses cost near Riverbank School?

Homes in its postcode sector, CV3 2, sold for a median £265,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (612 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Coventry’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.