Benfield School
Benfield Road, Walkergate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4NU
Local ranking14th of 18 secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
Secondary
Phase
1035
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 33.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 24.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 43.2%
- Entering EBacc
- 27.9%
- EBacc APS
- 3.1
- Cohort Size
- 183
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%
A-Level Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
D
Avg A-Level Grade
20.3
Avg Points/Entry
21.5
Best 3 A-Levels
14
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 21.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 23
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 920
- Boys
- 477 (52%)
- Girls
- 443 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1035 (89% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 14.3%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.2%
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
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- White British: 66.6%
- White Other: 6.8%
- Other: 6.8%
- Asian Other: 3.8%
- Black Other: 3.5%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.4%
- Asian Chinese: 1.5%
66.6%
White British
6.8%
White Other
6.8%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 144271
- UKPRN
- 10063847
- Establishment No.
- 4480
- Trust
- NEAT ACADEMY TRUST