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Riverside College Halton

Kingsway, Widnes, WA8 7QQ · Halton
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

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Summary

The key facts, in one place
A level (16 to 18) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: Top 30% in England. Band: 1st.
1st of 2 in Haltonof 2 in Halton
Inspection
Outstanding, April 2024
Results
B- average a level grade
Run by
Halton council
Type
Further education
Ages
16 to 99 · Mixed
Ofsted, April 2024The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationOutstanding
Strengths, and things to check
  • We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
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Overview

Getting in

  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
  • We can't tell how far Year 7 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.

Quality

  • Outstanding Ofsted · inspected 23 April 2024
  • Average A level grade: B- DfE 16 to 18 performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: average DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 84 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 26 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 6 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 12.1 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.6 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
  • Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).

Who runs it

  • Further education is run by its local council (Halton), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Average A level gradeB-——2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
A level (16 to 18)1st (1/2)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After sixth form2023/241,65576%Further education 5.3%; Apprenticeship 9.2%; Employment 30%
After sixth form2022/231,74677%Further education 4.5%; Apprenticeship 9.3%; Employment 29%
After sixth form2021/221,40277%Further education 6.3%; Apprenticeship 12%; Employment 30%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Halton league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus84

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20257
20242
20235
20228
20214

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 6 serious and 0 fatal in all; 7 involved a pedestrian, 9 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO212.12024
PM1010.92024
PM256.62024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Further education is run by its local council (Halton), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Area

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Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Widnes and the Halton league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.