Walker Riverside Academy

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Walker Riverside Academy
Address
Walker Riverside Academy
Waverdale Avenue

Walker

Newcastle upon Tyne
,
Tyne and Wear
,
NE6 4LA

England
Coordinates 54°58′51″N1°32′40″W / 54.98074°N 1.54431°W / 54.98074; -1.54431
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Newcastle City Council
TrustTyne Coast Academy Trust
Department for Education URN 145528 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherGareth Smith [1]
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1,098
Website https://www.walker.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]

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.[ citation needed ]

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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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