# Benfield School — Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 1.8/5 from 26 published reviews
- **Principal:** Mr Anthony Martin

## Contact

- **Address:** Benfield Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 4NU
- **Phone:** 0191 265 6091
- **Website:** https://benfield.neat.org.uk/
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/newcastle-upon-tyne/benfield-school-18523

## About

Benfield School is a vibrant, diverse and welcoming community, which is not only an outstanding place to learn but also work. At Benfield, we unashamedly focus on the educational outcomes of our students. We believe that this is the intrinsic purpose of running a successful school and we are exceedingly proud that we achieve this by taking a truly child-centred approach.

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Requires Improvement — May 2023
- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Requires Improvement — May 2023
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Requires Improvement — May 2023
- **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Requires Improvement — May 2023
- **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Requires Improvement — May 2023

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — worst school ever: can’t even rate this school the worst school going, benfield has ofsted coming in for two days and calls an emergency assembly for each yeargroup forcing all the kids to be on there best behaviour so they don’t get a bad ofsted rating like they do all the time then suspends all the naughty kids so ofsted don’t see them and don’t give them a bad review utterly the worst school going teachers don’t even care about the kids they talk to them with utter disrespect, they suspend you over anything and… *(May 2025)*
- **1/5** — A school that makes hell look like paradise: This school traumatized me. There is no other way to put it. One star is far too generous for how much this place messed me up. To start with, there was a teacher who was very, painfully obviously a child predator. He had all the girls in skirts sat on the front table right by his desk and would take his sweet time picking up his pen after he dropped it for the dozenth time that lesson, looking under our table. As year sevens, we obviously just thought he was clumsy. It was only later on did we … *(Apr 2025)*
- **2/5** — how dare yu: they put my kid in sum place called bp annd he shouded at my kid and even tryed to suspend him for geting watter *(Jan 2025)*
- **5/5** — Chelsea ladler should come back: you should let Chelsea ladler come back to school asap (immediately) !!!!! *(Dec 2024)*
- **2/5** — permord: chelsea laidler should come back to benfild amidintly *(Dec 2024)*
- **1/5** — Benfield School report - DON'T SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE!!: I advise you to not send your children to this school. As a student myself from Benfield, this school is possibly the worst school in the country. The front office don't answer your calls and if you arrive late into school, you get a call back for it and you have to do it or you get put in BP the next day. The teachers don't know how to do their jobs properly and they refuse to let the students go to the toilet, they only let you if you have a medical pass and it's even worse for the girls since… *(Dec 2024)*
- **1/5** — Disgraceful: Problems from day one I could sit here all day and write all the things that have happened over the years. My child was constantly bullied but nothing ever got resolved, instead my child (the victim) ended up retaliating resulting in him being the one who was punished. Required extra support with work, never received it instead branded him as "not cooperating" even though numerous members pointed out his struggled and the need for additional support. This resulted in him getting frustrated and f… *(Sep 2024)*
- **1/5** — Don’t send your kid here.: During my time there, the environment was chaotic, with teachers shouting and students, swearing, throwing chairs, and fighting during lessons. This took away from any chance to learn. While I don’t entirely blame the staff for students misbehaviour, they should be more prepared to prevent these disruptions and protect other students. On my third day at Benfield, I had PE, but my kit hadn't arrived yet (I had ordered it from the school website). I explained this to the teacher, but she insisted … *(Sep 2024)*
- **5/5** — 10/10 excellent: good school sent my child to this school passed his gcses *(Sep 2024)*
- **5/5** — send them now: 10/10 I would want you sending your children to this school! *(Sep 2024)*

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