Benfield School
Benfield Road, Walkergate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4NU
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 819 (414 boys, 405 girls)
- Capacity: 1035
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 69.1%
- Telephone: 01912656091
- Ofsted: Requires improvement (10 May 2023); inspected again 7 May 2025, no overall grade
- Attainment 8: 31.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 273 applications, 159 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
- Walkergate Community School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Ravenswood Primary School (0.7 miles, straight line)
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker (0.7 miles, straight line)
- Chillingham Road Primary School (0.8 miles, straight line)
- Walker Riverside Academy (0.8 miles, straight line)
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Heaton (1 miles, straight line)
