Rivers Academy West London

How places are decided at Rivers Academy West London

Rivers Academy West London: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Rivers Academy West London's quality of education to be?

Ofsted judged Rivers Academy West London's quality of education as Outstanding at its inspection in October 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Rivers Academy West London?

Rivers Academy West London has 1,058 pupils on roll.

What ages does Rivers Academy West London take?

Rivers Academy West London admits pupils aged 11 to 18.

Where is Rivers Academy West London located?

Rivers Academy West London is located in Feltham, TW14 9PE, Hounslow.

How do I apply to Rivers Academy West London?

Rivers Academy West London is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How close do you need to live to get into Rivers Academy West London?

On offer day for 2026-27 (Year 7), the furthest place offered at Rivers Academy West London was 4.304 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.

How are Year 7 places decided at Rivers Academy West London?

When Rivers Academy West London has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order including those who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England. Such students will be given top priority in each band before the oversubscription criteria is applied; 2. Siblings — Children with a sibling already at the Academy, ordered by shortest distance between home and Rivers Academy West London. Twins, Triplet and other children of multiple births; In the event that the school has one place to offer and the next child on the waiting list is one of twins, triplets or other children of multiple births, the Academy will offer both twins, all triplets or children of multiple birth a place even if this means temporarily going over the published admission's number; 3. Children of teaching staff — Children of teaching staff in the following circumstances: a. children of appointed staff, filling a post with a "demonstrable skills shortage" (School Admissions Code 2021); b. Where the member of teaching staff is or will have been employed at the school for at least two years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and 2 further criteria. Tie-break: If at the end of this process there is a situation where two or more pupils are ranked with the exact same priority, the process to establish which child will be offered a place next will be conducted randomly through the use of an electronic random sorter, managed by an appointed person who is an independent administrator who has no involvement in the Academy.

What is the largest ethnic background at Rivers Academy West London?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 18.8% of pupils at Rivers Academy West London are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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