It is one of the largest schools in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with currently over 1,200 students on roll.

They also must study either AQA GCSE Physical Education or Edexcel BTEC Level 1/2 First Award In Sport.

Students also have the following option choices as part of their GCSE option choices: In the 2018 Department for Education school league tables, Riverside Campus ranked the highest achieving school in Barking and Dagenham at GCSE, with a Progress 8 well above average score of 0.91, an Attainment 8[5] score of 55.5, 80% of students entering EBacc, and an EBacc average point score of 5.11.

[6] However as of 2019, the school had a below average ranking for A-Levels, but overtime the school has had an outstanding change in their A-Level results, with students progressing onto higher education at Russell Group universities and a low number of students being offered Oxbridge places.

The uniform for the primary school differs depending summer or winter season.