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Rivertree Free School

  • Special
  • Free schools special
  • Ages 2 to 19

URN 150792 · Bedford · BEDFORD INCLUSIVE LEARNING AND TRAINING TRUST

In Bedford

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Ofsted’s file holds no inspection of this school yet. New and recently converted schools often have none.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Bedford and England, special schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

7.5%

Bedford
8.4%
England
12.8%

5.3 percentage points lower than England.

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

24.6%

Bedford
26.4%
England
35.3%

10.7 percentage points lower than England.

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

0.0%

Bedford
2.0%
England
6.9%

6.9 percentage points lower than England.

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 2 results

Against Bedford and England, primary schools.

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard

2024/25

Not publishedNot applicable to this school

Not compared with mainstream schools.

Pupils at the end of key stage 2 who met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 2 attainment, 2024/25.

Reading, writing and maths: higher standard

2024/25

Not publishedNot applicable to this school

Not compared with mainstream schools.

Pupils at the end of key stage 2 who met the higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 2 attainment, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Bedford and England, special schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

10.5

Bedford
8.3
England
7.3

3.2 higher than England.

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

0.4 days

Bedford
4.1 days
England
5.0 days

4.6 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
126
Capacity
200
Type
Free schools special
Phase
Special
Age range
2 to 19
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Trust
BEDFORD INCLUSIVE LEARNING AND TRAINING TRUST
Opened
10 February 2025
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Bedford
Special educational needs provision
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Resourced provision
SEN unit
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 5 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Hillgrounds Road, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 8QP

Website: rivertree.beds.sch.uk/

Telephone: 01234745200

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