Walker Riverside Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 14 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Unique reference
145528
Address
Waverdale Avenue, NE6 4AW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1109 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
17.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
65.5%
Persistent absence
31.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.6%
Other White 5%
African 4.1%
Other Black 3.5%
Other 3.3%
Mixed 2.9%
Other Asian 1.6%
Unclassified 1%
Indian 0.8%
Pakistani 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.4
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 19%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.4
Local authority average 42.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.86
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award31
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award15
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award56
Health StudiesTechnical Award61
MultimediaTechnical Award18
TourismTechnical Award7
ArabicGCSE4
Art & DesignGCSE52
BiologyGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Walker Riverside Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
220
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
299
2nd preference
73
3rd preference
36
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
207
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
20
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
225
117
108
Year 8
216
119
97
Year 9
218
108
110
Year 10
229
130
99
Year 11
212
108
104
Year 13
9
0
9
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
83.5%
86.5%
Further education
60.0%
33.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
12.0%
48.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
16.0%
7.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
41.0%
56.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
15.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
14.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
7.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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