Harris Academy Riverside is a

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and

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located in the

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in the

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unitary authority,

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, England. Purfleet is bordered by the

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to the north and the

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to the south and is within the easternmost part of the

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but just outside the

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boundary. As its name suggests, the school is on the riverside, but separated from the water by a

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. The school was established in 2017 but moved into a new dedicated building in 2019.

Building

The new buildings were designed by LSI Architects. They are part of a larger scheme to regenerate Purfleet town centre. The £23M academy is split into two blocks: a four storey teaching block, and a two storey sports block. They will accommodate a 900 pupil secondary school and a 250 student sixth form. The blocks are of conventional construction and use strong branding colour to articulate particular aspects of the facade.

Curriculum

Up to July 2020 the school taught

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years 7 to 9, and had no

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. Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the

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, and are inspected by Ofsted on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum', to the three year groups in Key Stage 3. Harris Academy Riverside, as a new school, awaits its first Ofsted inspection. It started to teach year 10s in September 2020; it will endeavour to get all students to achieve the

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(EBACC) qualification- this must include core subjects a modern or ancient foreign language, and either History or Geography. The academy believes it should encourage its student to read around the subjects they are formally studying and produces personalised 'prep packs', with guidance, extra material, extra reading and video links. As of September 2023, the school had over 100 staff members.

Sixth form consortium

Riverside is in the Chafford Hundred Sixth Form Consortium, with

Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Harris Academy Chafford Hundred (formerly Chafford Hundred Campus Business and Enterprise College) is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Chafford Hundred in the borough of Thurrock within the commuter belt of Londo ...

and

Harris Academy Ockendon Harris Academy Ockendon (formerly The Ockendon Academy, originally Lennard's Secondary Modern School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in South Ockendon in the Thurrock area of Essex, England. Des ...

. Riverside specialises in mathematics and sciences and has the specialist labs needed to teach them.

References

External links

Harris Academy Riverside official website
{{authority control Secondary schools in Thurrock

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