Extended School

Students at Riverside can attend a range of after-school activities run by ‘Team Spirit’, a club which provides a service for them, and also for groups from local secondary mainstream schools. Activities include basketball, ice-skating, yoga, boccia, swimming, environmental work and enterprise activities. Team Spirit students can join an after-school club on any evening. These students begin their club time at the end of the school day but need to be picked up by their parent at 6.00 pm from the Tuesday to Thursday clubs, but transport home is provided on Mondays only when student wheelchair user with very complex needs have dedicated club time.

Students can also take up half-term and summer holiday club places of up to two weeks. Fees are charged for both the after-school and the holiday placements but they have been subsided by a targeted government funding initiative which aims to increase the provision of short breaks for families of children with disabilities.

At Riverside we provide breakfast clubs from 8.30 am in the morning for students who travel to school independently and for whom this is a valuable provision.  Further inclusive after-school activities for many Riverside students are provided by the Haringey Shed inclusive performing arts group based at Northumberland Park School, and overnight respite for some students is offered by the social services Family Link Team at the Haslemere Centre.