• Riverston School is inclusive, child aware and opportunity minded, and aims to give a broad range of learners the chance to thrive in one community.

• Will suit families wanting a south-east London independent school where inclusion and fit feel more important than competitive selection.

Admissions at Riverston School are broad, coherent and designed around continuity, with clear appeal for families seeking a non-selective south-east London all-through school with nursery-to-sixth-form continuity and an admissions process that talks openly about looking at the whole child. It should suit parents who value a less selective, more inclusive independent-school route where fit and support matter as much as traditional academic filtering.

Scholarships may exist at some stages, but they do not feel like the central story. Families choose Riverston for its non-selective ethos, broad age range and the sense of a school willing to consider the whole child.

The overall picture is inclusive and relatively unusual for the sector, with the school openly describing itself as non-selective and explaining that admissions are based on whether it can support the child rather than on blunt academic selection alone. Parents should still visit because the decisive question is whether the school’s inclusive ethos, scale and support systems feel right in practice.