Boldon School
Secondary schoolBoldon School is a secondary school in South Tyneside, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,043 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 18 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Boldon School was 38.5, against 41.3 in South Tyneside and 46.2 in England.
28% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | South Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 38.5 | 41.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 36.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 59% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 200 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- West Boldon Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)420 m
- Boldon Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, June 2024750 m
- Helen Gibson Nursery SchoolNursery. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met1 km
- East Boldon Junior SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Forest View PrimaryPrimary. School remains Good, April 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- East Boldon Infants' SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in South Tyneside
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).