Choose Studio West 6th Form to develop your creative, collaborative, organisational, and management skills for the real world!

Choose Studio West 6th Form to build your resilience and confidence before entering into the increasingly competitive jobs market!

Choose Studio West 6th Form to make lasting professional connections while learning transferable life skills in work placements

Choose Studio West 6th Form for skills-based learning, work placements in industries you'll love, and committed learning coaches dedicated to you!

Choose Studio West 6th Form for opportunities to work on innovative projects with leading companies in a broad range of industries!

Choose Studio West 6th Form to increase your employability, advance your skills and improve your communication and confidence.

We are are seeking applications for the post of Personal Coach from candidates with significant experience working with children and young people in learning environment, with the ability to manage and motivate students to ensure positive learning outcomes

Ms Wigham’s Year 10 art students enjoyed a lesson in the summer sunshine, working on their excellent clay sculptures of Frankenstein’s monster

What a brilliant way to end the year! Staff would like to wish all students a wonderful summer, and the best of luck with their future plans.

Studio West would like to say a very big welcome to Year 5 students coming for taster days between 25-29th June.

Studio West would like to say a big congratulations to Lennon in Year 7 and Montagu Under-12s team for their win of the Northumberland County Cup

Hosted by Mr Lennox, our Friday morning Sharing Good Practice session was a demonstration of a bricklaying construction class

In October 2017, a group of our Post 16 students visited the city so good they named it twice...New York!

Studio West's Summer newsletter for 2017

Studio West's Easter newsletter for 2017

How you can help Studio West to complete projects with it's Students

Studio West's Christmas newsletter for 2016

Studio West's October newsletter for 2016

Are you looking for a new experience in learning when you start Year 7 in 2017?Or are you a Year 11 who wants to experience a unique Post 16 environment where you earn as you learn? Come and see us for a tour and talk about your options.

After Studio West's first year, our students have their GCSE and Post 16 results

Your passport to a career starts here, at Studio West. We offer on the job training and many paid employment opportunities.

Read the Easter 2016 edition of our in house newsletter, Studio Press

Come along to our Open Evening for Year 9 and Year 12 students and find out why Studio West is the right choice for you.

Are you a Year 8 student looking for a new experience in learning or are you a Year 11 who wants to experience a unique Post 16 environment where you earn as you learn? Come and see us for a tour and talk about your options.

We were delighted by the great compliment of an invitation to contribute to the prestigious Parliamentary Review

We would like your opinions on the proposal for Studio West to accept applications for places in Year 7 in September 2017 and September 2018.

Congratulations to our Chair of Governors, Mr Paton, who has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to the IT industry.

A unique Post 16 provision offering academic and occupational courses

Read our newsletter to recap the highlights of our first year.

The first day of term for our new Year 9 and new Year 12 year groups is Tuesday 8th September 2015. On Wednesday 9th September 2015, Years 10, 11 and 13 will return to school.

Find out what we have been up to recently in the latest copy of the Studio Press

Come along to our Post 16 Information Day between 16:00pm and 18:00pm on Monday 11th May to find out why Studio West is the right choice for you.

We're inviting learners at KS3 and KS4 to join us for an exciting STEM Day on Tuesday 28th April

Studio West is hosting an International Girls in IT & Computing Event, in association with Bede Gaming & Accenture IT.

Chariots of Fire producer Lord Puttnam officially opens Studio West School

a local student is gaining from a unique opportunity kindly offered by a high street store

Find out what we have been up to recently in the latest copy of the Studio Press

A youth programme that awards young people with money to spend on a project of their choice.

Year 10 Enrichment Animal Care trip

Find out what we can offer you at Studio West

Come along to our Information Day between 2:30pm and 8pm on Thursday 12th February to find out why Studio West is the right choice for you.

It's the end of our first term and there has been so much exciting activity across every year group.

Val Wigham and David Pearmain show BBC Newcastle's Jonathan Miles around Studio West in its first week of opening

We're opening our doors for the first time to students on Monday 8th September 2014 and to give each student the chance to get to know their new school, we're staggering the start date for each year group.

Tyneside’s pioneering new school, has announced leading North East businessman Bob Paton as its Chair of Governors.

At Studio West, our curriculum is based around Project Based Learning for all students. This is a model being used successfully at the fantastic High Tech High in San Diego and prepares students for the real world of work by teaching them on live projects.

Thank you to everyone who has submitted an application. The application process is still open.

Find out why our Studio School is needed to prepare students for business.

Val Wigham, Principal Designate of Studio West, has been visiting local businesses supportive of the studio school.

Val Wigham and Kenton School Headmaster David Pearmain explain what it is that makes Studio West different

Val Wigham joins Alfie Joey on BBC Radio Newcastle's Breakfast programme.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Open Evening on 14th October. Our next Open Evening will be for parents and is on Wednesday October 23rd. We hope you can come.

We want to consult with as many parts of the school community as we can so we will be holding a number of events to talk about our plans and to hear opinions or ideas on how we can make Studio West a part of the educational community of Newcastle.

Val Wigham talks to the Chronicle about Studio West's US connection

As the Kenton Academy Schools Trust is in the consultation stage for Studio West, we invite all interested parties to complete a brief survey.

Studio West is a new school which promises to revolutionise the educational landscape of the North East by bringing education for 13 to 19-year-olds into the workplace.

BBC Radio Newcastle Interview with Principal Designate Val Wigham in June 2013 discussing Life at Studio West.

The Journal reported on the announcement of Studio West, An Enterprise and Innovation Campus.

The Chronicle and Journal’s educational supplement Key to Success Through Education featured a colour centre spread piece highlighting the relationship between recent Academy convert Kenton School and the new Studio West

With a front page lead, “Pioneering school set to open in 2014”, the June 5th 2013 edition of The Journal featured a colour article which explored the benefits to Studio West students.

We are delighted to announced 
that Val Wigham, formerly Deputy Headteacher at Kenton School, has been appointed Principal Designate of Studio West.