Harris Academy Riverside

London Road, Thurrock, Essex, RM19 1QY

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About this school

Harris Academy Riverside is a Free schools serving secondary age pupils, located in Thurrock, Essex. The school has 1,117 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 22 February 2022). Last inspected 28 April 2026. The Headteacher is Rachel Sofianos. The school is administered by Thurrock local authority. It belongs to HARRIS FEDERATION. It opened in 1 September 2017.

School details

Head

Rachel Sofianos

Trust

HARRIS FEDERATION

Local authority

Thurrock

Gender

Mixed

URN

144750

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Harris Academy Riverside are handled by the school or the local authority (Thurrock). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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