Walker Riverside Academy

Walker Riverside Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in the Walker area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England.[2]

Walker Riverside Academy
Address
Waverdale Avenue

Walker

Newcastle upon Tyne
,
Tyne and Wear
,
NE6 4LA

England
Coordinates54.98074°N 1.54431°W / 54.98074; -1.54431
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityNewcastle City Council
TrustTyne Coast Academy Trust
Department for Education URN145528 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMr Gareth Smith[1]
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,098
Websitehttps://www.walker.academy/

The school was previously granted specialist status as a Technology College, later also as an Arts College.[3] In March 2018, Walker Technology College converted to academy status and was renamed Walker Riverside Academy, sponsored by the Tyne Coast Academies Trust. It continues to offer technology a specialism.

Walker Riverside Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.

Walker is one of eleven schools to be rebuilt in the government's phase 2 PFI scheme of Newcastle Building Schools for the Future programme.

References
  1. "Introducing our new Headteacher". 28 March 2022.
  2. "Walker Riverside Academy". www.walker.academy.
  3. "Walker Technology College Ofsted Inspection Report". Ofsted. 13 October 2009.


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