Riverwalk School
Academy special converter · Bury St. Edmunds · IP33 2PD
Ages 3–19 · 217 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Good
Overall absence
12.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-07-16
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 11.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 181
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
217 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 217
- Boys / girls
- 165 / 52
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 217 / 210 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 40.8%
- FSM pupils
- 82
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy special converter
Age range
Ages 3–19
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
4 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: CONSORTIUM TRUST
- Academy trust
- CONSORTIUM TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Consortium Multi-Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Lukasz Rumanowski
Location
- Address
- Mayfield Road
- Postcode
- IP33 2PD
- Town
- Bury St. Edmunds
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 223 on roll / 210 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy special converter, Ages 3–19, in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 217 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, sixth form, academy, special school. Free school meals: 40.8%.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Hardwick Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Bury St Edmunds · IP33 2PW · Suffolk
Ages 4–11
- KS253%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM23.7%
- Demand1.03
0.5 miles away
Miscellaneous
Bury St Edmunds · IP33 2AR · Suffolk
Ages 5–16
1.1 miles away
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Bury St Edmunds · IP33 1QG · Suffolk
Ages 3–11
- KS261%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM11.3%
- Demand0.98
1.1 miles away
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Bury St Edmunds · IP33 1RE · Suffolk
Ages 5–11
- KS281%
- Absence3.5%
- FSM12.5%
- Demand0.98
1.1 miles away
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Bury St Edmunds · IP33 3JX · Suffolk
Ages 4–11
- KS245%
- Absence6.8%
- FSM27.6%
- Demand1.00
1.2 miles away
Sebert Wood Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Bury St Edmunds · IP32 7EG · Suffolk
Ages 3–11
- KS258%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM11.5%
- Demand1.00
1.4 miles away
Priory School
Ofsted: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 NextAcademy special converter
Bury St Edmunds · IP32 7BH · Suffolk
Ages 5–19
- Att80.9
- P8-1.6
- EM5+0%
- Absence11.2%
1.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Lukasz Rumanowski
- Telephone
- 01284764280