Walker Technology College

Walker Riverside Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Walker area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England.[1]

Walker Riverside Academy
Address
Waverdale Avenue


, ,
NE6 4LA

Coordinates54.98074°N 1.54431°W / 54.98074; -1.54431
Information
TypeAcademy Converter
Local authorityNewcastle City Council
Department for Education URN108525 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMr Mike Collier
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1'094
Websitehttp://www.walkertechnologycollege.co.uk/

It is an Academy Converter administered by The Tyne Coast Academy Trust. The school was also previously granted specialist status as a Technology College and continues to offer technology as a specialism. In 2018, Walker Technology College became Walker Riverside Academy when it became an academy and a part of the Tyne Coast Academies Trust.

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 governments phase 2 PFI scheme of Newcastle Building Schools for the Future programme. It is consulted by Aura North East and facilities managed by Robertson Group.

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