Answers to the questions families ask us most — about our curriculum, daily life, admissions and how we keep parents involved.
Riverside follows the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum; the National Curriculum of England and Wales in the Primary and Junior High Schools and the University of Cambridge IGCSE and International Baccalaureate Diploma programmes in the High School.
As an international school, Riverside has students representing more than 40 different nationalities. Many join Riverside with no English at all.
To support our international population, Riverside offers additional English language support at all grade levels.
During the admission process, the Principal and Admissions Officer will go through the previous school reports and documents. This will give a good picture of your child and his/her abilities. We will also take into consideration the recommendations from your child’s previous school.
If we need more information, we will contact you before your child is offered a place at Riverside.
Hot lunches are available provided by an external caterer. Alternatively, some students bring a lunchbox. There is an additional charge for a hot meal.
Parents have their own parent rooms in the Early Years and Primary Schools and there are active PTA’s in each school. Parents are welcome throughout the school day.
The maximum class and tutor group size is 18. In the High School classes can be smaller for some specialist subjects, where the teacher/student ratio is 1:8.
All classes are conducted in English except for modern foreign language classes. French, German, Spanish, Latin and Czech are offered from the Primary School onwards. Students not fluent in English receive daily English as an Additional Language (EAL) instruction.
As part of the IB Diploma Programme, students may continue to study their native language even if it is not offered as part of the Riverside curriculum. Such students study their language on a self-taught basis with the assistance of an external language teacher. Riverside will help to organise these classes.
Riverside has an extensive after school programme of creative, artistic, sporting, skills for life and outdoor adventure activities.
Please refer to the Skills for Life section of the school website.
The Early Years School also runs a wide variety of after school clubs and an extended day programme to 5.00pm.
Czech students are jointly registered with a local Czech school where they sit examinations on an annual basis.
Riverside prepares its Czech students for these examinations through weekly Czech lessons and our students achieve a high rate of success.
Riverside is recognised by the Ministry of Education as a school providing an approved, alternative education programme.
The majority of students in Junior High and above come to school by an efficient public transport network. Many younger children are brought by car.
Shuttle buses run each morning and evening between the Early Years, Primary and Junior High School and also to and from Namesti Miru, Smichov, Horomerice, Nebusice and Dejvice.
There are a good number of ways in which Riverside parents are involved in the school through activities, class reading, school trips and through the PTA’s. Riverside parents are an integral part of the life of the school.
In Years 1-9, Riverside students sit the GL Progress Series Assessments for both Maths and Literacy, based on the UK Curriculum. These provide attainment results in comparison to UK norms, as well as a measure of expected progress from year to year. They also set a benchmark in both numeracy and literacy skills for our students.
At the end of Year 11, students sit the International General Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations (IGCSE’s) through the University of Cambridge.
At the end of Year 13 (Grade 12) students sit the International Baccalaureate Diploma and High School Diploma examinations.
All new students and students in Years 3, 6, 9 and 12 sit the CAT4 Baseline assessment in order to better supply the school and teachers with student information related to competency potentials, learning styles and biases. They also allow for better provision of support and planning for an individualized approach to teaching.
Students in Years 2-13 take the PASS student survey to enable the school to interpret individual and group data related to student attitudes towards school and themselves. This again allows further insight to better support and plan for Riverside’s student population.
Riverside graduates have been accepted to some of the most prestigious universities around the world.
