Riverside Business and Enterprise College

Riverside Business and Enterprise College
Address
Lyncote Road Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 2EL
Coordinates	52°36′44″N 1°09′44″W / 52.612272°N 1.162166°W / 52.612272; -1.162166Coordinates: 52°36′44″N 1°09′44″W / 52.612272°N 1.162166°W / 52.612272; -1.162166
Information
Established	Wednesday August 28th 1974
Closed	Friday July 15th 2011
LEA	Leicestershire
Specialist	Business and Enterprise
Ofsted number	120288
Principal	Allan Dunsmore
Age range	11-16
Website	http://www.riverside.leicester.sch.uk/

Riverside Business and Enterprise College was a secondary school in Rowley Fields, Leicester, England. Awarded Business and Enterprise College specialist status in 2006. Following declining enrollment and a recommendation by the local authority, the school stopped accepting new pupils on October 5, 2009 and closed in Friday July 15, 2011. In its final year the school had approximately 200 students in year groups 8,9 and 11 (ages 12–16).^[1]

History

Originally known as Rowley Fields Secondary School it opened in August 1974. It changed name to Riverside college in 1999.^[2] The school was in special measures from 2003 until 2006 when it acquired business and enterprise college status. Ofsted ratings and exam results have been continuously improving since 2004, with 36% of students achieving at least five GCSEs at grade C or above in 2009.^[3] In February 2009, it was revealed only 29 parents applied for 180 pupil places for September. In April, the local authority recommended closing the school "as soon as practicably possible".^[4] Prior to the closure it was stated on the school's website that the school was no longer able to accept new pupils ^[5] and would be closing on Friday July 15, 2011 after 37 Years of opening. The site is now used by Ellesmere College, a community special school.

References

↑ "Riverside business and enterprise college website". Riverside business and enterprise college. 2010-06-20.
↑ http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Sadness-school-closes-gates-final-time/story-12955243-detail/story.html
↑ "Doomed Leicester school records its best results". Leicester Mercury. 2009-08-28.
↑ "School faces closure over falling numbers". Leicester Mercury. 2009-04-29.
↑ "Riverside business and enterprise college website". Riverside business and enterprise college. 2010-06-20.

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Schools in Leicestershire (including Leicester)

Primary	Bishop Ellis Catholic Samworth Sir John Moore CofE

Middle	Brookvale High School Gartree High School Ibstock Community College Ivanhoe College Leysland High School Lutterworth High School Manor High School The Market Bosworth School St Martin’s Catholic Voluntary Academy Welland Park Academy Wigston Academy

Upper & secondary	Ashby School Babington Community College Beauchamp College Beaumont Leys School Belvoir High School Bosworth Academy Brockington College The Cedars Academy Charnwood College City of Leicester College Countesthorpe Community College Crown Hills Community College De Lisle College English Martyrs Catholic School Fullhurst Community College Groby Community College Hamilton Community College Hind Leys Community College Hinckley Academy Humphrey Perkins School John Ferneley College Judgemeadow Community College King Edward VII Science and Sport College Lancaster School Limehurst Academy Long Field Academy Lutterworth College Madani Schools Federation The Martin High School Moat Community College New College Leicester Rawlins Community College Robert Smyth Academy Roundhill Academy Rushey Mead Academy St Paul's Catholic School Samworth Enterprise Academy Sir Frank Whittle Studio School Sir Jonathan North Community College Soar Valley College South Charnwood High School Wigston College William Bradford Academy Winstanley Community College Woodbrook Vale Wreake Valley Academy

Sixth form	Gateway College Regent College Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College

Independent	Dixie Grammar School Emmanuel Christian School Fairfield Preparatory School Grace Dieu Manor School Leicester Grammar School Leicester High School for Girls Loughborough Grammar School Loughborough High School Our Lady's Convent School Ratcliffe College

Further education	Brooksby Melton College Leicester College Loughborough College South Leicestershire College Stephenson College

Special	Ellesmere College RNIB College

Former	Abington Academy Alderman Newton's School Burleigh Community College Bushloe High School Garendon High School King Edward VII School Mary Linwood Comprehensive School Riverside Business and Enterprise College Rosebery Primary School Sathya Sai School

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