ADO River Valley School
ADO River Valley School is an independent special school in Welling for boys and girls aged 14 to 19. It has 29 pupils, 5 more than it has places for.
Poets Corner Centre, 19a Keats Road, Welling, DA16 3NB020 8850 6778adorivervalley.co.ukMrs Helen Nobbs headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
2 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Bexley council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 29 | 14 | 11 | 5 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Dene School | Academy | 190 m | 315 | Outstanding 2022 | – | Compare |
| Timbercroft Primary School | Academy | 610 m | 363 | Good 2024 | 79 | Compare |
| East Wickham Primary Academy | Academy | 720 m | 585 | Not inspected | 74 | Compare |
| Rockliffe Manor Primary School | Academy | 740 m | 189 | Not inspected | 73 | Compare |
| Greenslade Primary School | Council | 980 m | 198 | Good 2024 | 71 | Compare |
| Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 235 | Not inspected | 98 | Compare |
| St Stephen's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 0.7 miles | 419 | Report card 2026 | 99 | Compare |
| Hook Lane Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 447 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is ADO River Valley School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score ADO River Valley School yet.
How many pupils does ADO River Valley School have?
29 pupils aged 14 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 24 places, so it is 121% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Poets Corner Centre, 19a Keats Road, Welling, DA16 3NB
- Telephone
- 020 8850 6778
- Website
- www.adorivervalley.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Nobbs
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 14-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Ward
- East Wickham
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 13 September 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 149157 · LAESTAB 3036004
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.