Walker Riverside Academy
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Walker Riverside Academy | |
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Address | |
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Waverdale Avenue , , NE6 4LA | |
Coordinates | 54°58′51″N 1°32′40″W / 54.98074°N 1.54431°W |
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Type | Academy |
Local authority | Newcastle City Council |
Trust | Tyne Coast Academy Trust |
Department for Education URN | 145528 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Gareth Smith[1] |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1,098 |
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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Introducing our new Headteacher". 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Walker Riverside Academy". www.walker.academy.
- ^ "Walker Technology College Ofsted Inspection Report". Ofsted. 13 October 2009.
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