Benfield School
About the school
Benfield School is an open secondary school in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 7 May 2025
- Published
- 16 July 2025
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 33.5
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 43.9
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 24.00%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 45.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 43.20%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 62.60%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 27.90%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 41.10%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.07
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 3.93
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
920
Girls
48.15%
Boys
51.85%
SEN support
17.83%
Education, health and care plan
5.76%
English as an additional language
37.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
68.26%
Overall absence
14.26
Persistent absence
37.23
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
175
Sustained education or employment
82%
Education
74%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
10%