Benfield School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F30
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4NU
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Walker Riverside Academy
Waverdale Avenue, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4AW
Local ranking12th of 17 secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1301
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 September 2024 — 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 35.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 21.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 41.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 219
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 77.0%
- Continued in education
- 69.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 69.0%
- Higher education
- 13.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 13.0%
- Not sustained
- 31.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25- 16-18 Cohort
- 1
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1123
- Boys
- 584 (52%)
- Girls
- 539 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1301 (86% full)
- SEND
- 22.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 68.1%
- EAL
- 16.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 18.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,687/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.8% 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
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 77.0%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Black African: 3.8%
- Other: 3.6%
- Black Other: 3.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.7%
77.0%
White British
5.0%
White Other
3.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Waverdale Avenue
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 145528
- UKPRN
- 10066995
- Establishment No.
- 4450
- Trust
- TYNE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
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