Walker Riverside Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4AW
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Benfield School
Benfield Road, Walkergate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4NU
Local ranking16th of 17 secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1035
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2023 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 7 May 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 31.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 24.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 41.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 185
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
After A-Levels 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Higher education
- 50.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 19.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D
Avg A-Level Grade
20.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 34.2
21.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 34.7
14
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat15.8%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 21.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 23
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 920
- Boys
- 414 (51%)
- Girls
- 405 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1035 (79% full)
- SEND
- 23.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 68.3%
- EAL
- 37.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.8%
- SEN Support
- 17.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,569/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 14.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 57.9%
- Black African: 12.9%
- Other: 6.8%
- White Other: 5.9%
- Asian Other: 3.3%
- Black Other: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.1%
57.9%
White British
12.9%
Black African
6.8%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Benfield Road
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 144271
- UKPRN
- 10063847
- Establishment No.
- 4480
- Trust
- NEAT ACADEMY TRUST
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