Rise Education is situated in Mitcham in the London Borough of Merton. The school was registered in February 2010. It provides education for pupils who are at risk of permanent exclusion from mainstream schools or require a short-term placement. Pupils are referred to the school by local authorities and schools in Bromley, Croydon, Merton and Sutton. Since the previous inspection in 2015, leaders have opened an additional site at 32–34 Sydenham Road, Croydon CR0 2EF. Across both sites the maximum number of pupils the school can educate remains 40. Pupils are from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is above the national average.