Secondary
Benfield School
Benfield Road, Walkergate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4NU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 819 of 1035 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability
- Trust
- NEAT ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 91.9
- Pupils per adult
- 10.5
- Pupils
- 969
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
May 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
March 2020
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
24%
21 points below the Newcastle upon Tyne average (45% across 15 schools)
33.5
11.4 below the Newcastle upon Tyne average (44.9 across 15 schools)
18th of 19 by our score, among the secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne we can score - 24 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 33.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.07 |
| Entered the EBacc | 28% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 43% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 29% |
| 22/23 | 22% |
| 23/24 | 26% |
| 24/25 | 24% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 15.5 |
| 22/23 | 20.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.02 |
| 22/23 | -1.15 |
| 23/24 | -1.09 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.1 |
| 22/23 | 33.2 |
| 23/24 | 32.7 |
| 24/25 | 33.5 |
Benfield Road, Walkergate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4NU
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Newcastle upon Tyne admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Anthony Martin
- Address
- Benfield Road, Walkergate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4NU
- Telephone
- 01912656091