Rivers Education Support Centre
Pupil referral unit · Ages 5–16 · Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
Rivers Education Support Centre is a pupil referral unit in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire for ages 5–16. Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 31 October 2023.
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Key facts
- Address
- Old Essex Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA
- Type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 5–16
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 15 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 73.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 1.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 31 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are warmly greeted as they arrive at the ‘Rivers’.”
- “They feel valued and respected.”
- “The clear guidance and nurture they provide quickly builds the trust of pupils.”
To improve
- “However, some plans lack preciseness.”
- “They do not clearly identify all the steps that build pupils’ knowledge.”
- “On a few occasions, learning does build on what pupils already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.
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