Walker Riverside Academy is a
co-educational secondary school
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and
sixth form
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located in the
Walker area of
Newcastle upon Tyne
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,
Tyne and Wear
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, England.
The school was previously granted specialist status as a
Technology College, later also as an
Arts College.
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-level
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s 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.
References
External links
Walker Riverside Academy official website
Secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
Academies in Newcastle upon Tyne
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