Three Rivers Academy is a mixed, secondary school situated on Hersham Road, between

Hersham Hersham is a suburban village in Surrey, within the M25 and the Greater London Built-up Area. It has a mixture of low and high rise housing and has four technology/trading estates. Hersham is contiguous with Walton-on-Thames, its post town, t ...

and

Walton-on-Thames Walton-on-Thames, known locally as Walton, is a market town on the bank (geography), south bank of the River Thames, Thames in northwest Surrey, England. It is in the Borough of Elmbridge, about southwest of central London. Walton forms part ...

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. The school has been awarded Specialist

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status.

Change from "Rydens School" to "RES"

Following an Ofsted inspection in 2009, the school was rated 'Good with Outstanding Features' and became eligible to become a new style Academy. The governors and Head Teacher decided to move forward with the change of status and opted to rename at the same time. The Rydens name remained, but the abbreviation RES became the official name, standing for Rydens Enterprise School. The school opened as RES for the 2011 Autumn term and was officially opened by local MP

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Change to Three Rivers Academy

In May 2017 it was announced that as of September 2017 the school would be called Three Rivers Academy after the three local rivers - River Thames, River Mole and River Wey. In February 2018 students moved into a new £40 million building. On 26 June 2018 the new building was officially opened by

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Three Rivers Academy Sixth Form College

Three Rivers Academy Sixth Form College is the school's

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. In the school's 2019 inspection by

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, the report said that "The sixth form is good. Students’ outcomes have improved markedly over time and they are well prepared for their next steps". In 2022, the average

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result was C, compared to an average of B for both Surrey schools and England as a whole.

Notable alumni

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– punk rock singer *

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– wildlife artist *

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– footballer for

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and

* Rebeka Simon – Olympic sprint canoer

References

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* {{authority control Academies in Surrey Educational institutions established in 1956 Secondary schools in Surrey 1956 establishments in England