Walker Riverside Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
F38
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4AW
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Burnside College
St Peter's Road, Wallsend, NE28 7LQ
Local ranking10th of 15 secondary schools in North Tyneside
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1266
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 30.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 74.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 131
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Higher education
- 58.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 12.0%
- Not sustained
- 19.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
39.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
17
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 39.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 62
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 959
- Boys
- 485 (51%)
- Girls
- 474 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1266 (76% full)
- SEND
- 15.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 37.7%
- EAL
- 12.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 13.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,037/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.8%
- White Other: 3.9%
- Asian Other: 2.7%
- Black African: 2.6%
- Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Asian Chinese: 1.6%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
82.8%
White British
3.9%
White Other
2.7%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
St Peter's Road
Wallsend, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 108640
- UKPRN
- 10009543
- Establishment No.
- 4032
- Trust
- The North Tyneside Learning Trust
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