UK Schools
Walker Riverside Academy
Walker Riverside Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle City Council, teaching 1,101 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in September 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 35.5 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Walker Riverside Academy.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Walker Riverside Academy.
- 1 Inset Day
- 2 Inset Day
- 3–30 Winter Term A
- 1–24 Winter Term A
- 8 Inset Day
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3–30 Winter Term B
- 26 Inset Day
- 1–19 Winter Term B
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year’s Day
- 5–31 Spring Term A
- 1–13 Spring Term A
- 4 Inset Day
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23–28 Spring Term B
- 1–31 Spring Term B
- 1–2 Spring Term B
- 3 Good Friday Bank Holiday
- 6–17 Easter Holiday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 20–30 Summer Term A
- 1–22 Summer Term A
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term B
- 1–17 Summer Term B
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Winter Term A Sep 3, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025 Term
- Winter Term B Nov 3, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Spring Term A Jan 5, 2026 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Term B Feb 23, 2026 - Apr 2, 2026 Term
- Summer Term A Apr 20, 2026 - May 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Term B Jun 1, 2026 - Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Apr 6, 2026 - Apr 17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 18, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Oct 8, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Nov 26, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Feb 4, 2026 Inset Day
- Good Friday Bank Holiday Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- New Year’s Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Walker Riverside Academy with Newcastle City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 35.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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Attendance 31.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 77% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 69% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Walker Riverside Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Walker Riverside Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.