Walker Riverside 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]

Walker Riverside Academy
Address
Waverdale Avenue Walker Newcastle upon Tyne , Tyne and Wear , NE6 4LA England
Coordinates	54.98074°N 1.54431°W / 54.98074; -1.54431
Information
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/

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]}