Walker Riverside Academy

Walker Riverside Academy
Location
Waverdale Avenue


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NE6 4LA

Coordinates54°58′51″N 1°32′40″W / 54.98074°N 1.54431°W / 54.98074; -1.54431
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityNewcastle City Council
TrustTyne Coast Academy Trust
Department for Education URN145528 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherGareth Smith[1]
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,098
Websitehttps://www.walker.academy/

Walker Riverside Academy is a co-educational secondary school 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.

Walker Riverside Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

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.