Benfield School

Benfield School
Type	Foundation School
Headteacher	Mr Neil Walker
Location	Benfield Road Walkergate Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE6 4NU England Coordinates: 54°59′24″N 1°33′34″W / 54.98991°N 1.55936°W / 54.98991; -1.55936
Local authority	Newcastle City Council
DfE number	391/4480
DfE URN	108526
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Website	School website

Benfield School is an coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Its pupils come from a large area of Newcastle's east end including Byker, Heaton, Walker, Walkergate and Walkerville.

Benfield was opened in the 1960s as one of the first purpose-built comprehensive schools in England, and over the years has built up a reputation as a sports college. The school currently boasts the North of England gymnastics centre and all-weather floodlit football, rugby and basketball pitches, badminton courts along with ordinary pitches, tennis courts, a gym and a recently renovated swimming pool.

Benfield has recently undergone a makeover which saw the school completely refurbished with wider corridors, extra work areas for staff and students and a modern appearance.

Notable former pupils

Steve Bruce, English football manager and former footballer
Lee Clark, English football manager and former footballer
Lee Hall (playwright), English playwright and screenwriter most famous for his Academy Award nominated screenplay for the 1999 film Billy Elliot

External links

Official website

Schools in Tyne and Wear

Primary	Academy 360 Excelsior Academy Grindon Hall Christian School Hilton Primary Academy Kings Priory School

Middle	Gosforth Central Middle School Gosforth East Middle School Gosforth Junior High Academy Marden Bridge Middle School Valley Gardens Middle School Wellfield Middle School

Secondary	Academy 360 Benfield School Biddick Academy Boldon School Burnside Business and Enterprise College Cardinal Hume RC School Castle View Enterprise Academy Churchill Community College Emmanuel College Excelsior Academy Farringdon Community Academy George Stephenson High School Gosforth Academy Grindon Hall Christian School Harton Technology College Heaton Manor School Hebburn Comprehensive School Hetton School Heworth Grange Comprehensive School Jarrow School John Spence Community High School Joseph Swan Academy Kenton School Kepier School Kings Priory School Kingsmeadow Community School Longbenton Community College Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy Marden High School Monkseaton High School Monkwearmouth Academy Mortimer Community College Norham High School Oxclose Community Academy Red House Academy Sacred Heart RC High School St Aidan's RC Academy St Anthony's Girls' RC Academy St Cuthbert's High School St Joseph's RC Academy St Mary's RC Comprehensive School St Robert of Newminster RC School St Thomas More School, Blaydon St Thomas More Academy, North Shields St Wilfrid's RC College Sandhill View Academy Seaton Burn College South Shields Community School Southmoor Academy Studio West Thomas Hepburn Community Academy Thornhill School Thorp Academy Venerable Bede CE Academy Walbottle Campus Walker Technology College Washington School Whickham School Whitburn CE Academy Whitley Bay High School

Independent	Argyle House School Dame Allan's School Newcastle High School for Girls Newcastle School for Boys Royal Grammar School Sunderland High School Westfield School

Further Education	Dilston College ESPA College Gateshead College Gateshead Jewish Academy for Girls Newcastle College Newcastle Sixth Form College South Tyneside College Sunderland College Tyne Metropolitan College Usworth Sixth Form

Defunct	Breckenbeds Junior High School Gateshead Grammar School Heathfield Senior High School Hookergate School Hylton Red House School La Sagesse Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School Ryhope Grammar School St Mary's CE Primary School

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