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Boldon School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
New Road, Boldon Colliery NE35 9DZ · boldonschool.com · 0191 536 2176
On the mapSearch near NE35 9DZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 37.1
- average Attainment 8 score. South Tyneside 42.7, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,043
- 95% of 1,100 places
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 51.1%
- First language not English
- 3.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 164 families put the school first and 213 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 213 | 164 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 218 | 138 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 214 | 142 | 0.7 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 210 | 150 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 209 | 137 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.1, and 24% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across South Tyneside it was 42.7, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼37.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼24.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼43.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.04 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.7 | +3 |
| Further education | 64.1 | −0.8 |
| Other education | 0.5 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2 | −6.6 |
| Employment | 6.2 | +0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.1 | −2.7 |
| Activity not captured | 9.1 | +5.7 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Boldon School on 18 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 18 Feb 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Replies
- 86
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (28%) with SEND