Secondary · NE6 · Newcastle upon Tyne

Benfield School

Benfield Road, Walkergate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4NU

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Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance92.1%
AttainmentProgress 8: -1.09
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils571

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Jul 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes and leadership and management require improvement; personal development good. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in NE6. Where we have them, council (Newcastle upon Tyne) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
571
Free school meals
39.2%
7.8% below district average (47%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 42.1% · England 25.8%

SEN
23.6%
1.8% below district average (25.4%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 17.5% · England 16.5%

EAL
37.6%
13.8% above district average (23.8%)
Attendance
92.1%
2.4% below district average (94.5%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 90.6% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
25.1%
Progress 8
-1.09 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
33.5
Grade 5+ English & maths
24%
Grade 4+ English & maths
43.2%
Entered for EBacc
27.9%
EBacc average point score
3.07

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NE6 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2192%
  • 2021/2285.7%
  • 2022/2381.8%
  • 2023/2486.4%
  • 2024/2586%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
1214
Pupils on roll
571

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Newcastle upon Tyne page.

SEN support

SEN %
23.6%
On-site provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit · ASD, PD
Need types
ASDPD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates