Rivendell School is a 7-12 SSP and is part of a joint NSW Ministry of Health and Department of Education (DoE) facility. It is located within the historical Thomas Walker Estate at Concord West and shares the site with the Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Service. Rivendell School provides the educational component for High School students admitted to the Yaralla and Lawson programs of the Rivendell Adolescent Mental Health Unit. The school also has two DoE programs for High School students with an emotional disorder: Paterson (Years 7-10) and Sulman (Years 11-12).

Classes consist of no more than 7 students and each teacher has full-time SLSO support.

Our Stage 4 and 5 content is delivered by teams of teachers. Casual staff will be asked to support students within these lessons with content prepared and delivered by full-time staff members.

Stage 6 students work independently through Preliminary and HSC coursework via distance education. Casual staff are asked to actively support students with their individual studies.

Students across the school also engage in regular wellbeing and targeted vocational programs such as art, craft, bike riding, walks, tennis, basketball, fishing, kayaking, trivia, drama, music, yoga, morning circle, mindfulness etc. Casual staff are asked to participate and, once they become familiar with the school and the students, facilitate these sessions.

There are also two learning centres staffed by Rivendell School on off-site campuses. One is within the Walker Adolescent High Severity Psychiatric Unit in the Concord Centre for Mental Health. The other learning centre is at Gna Ka Lun Acute Adolescent Mental Health Unit attached to Campbelltown Hospital.