East Boldon Infants' School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · East Boldon, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.751 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
East Boldon Infants' School is a primary school in East Boldon, South Tyneside for ages 5–7 (community school). South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
East Boldon Infants' School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.751 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 2.751 miles, the 6th longest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.72 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2022, and the biggest swing between published years came from 2025 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 drew 49 first-choice applications for 49 offers; 48 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 11.7% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 48.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in South Tyneside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other South Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Front Street, East Boldon, NE36 0SW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 163 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils love being part of this school community.”
- “They are happy, polite and delightfully curious.”
- “Across all year groups, pupils bring an infectious enthusiasm and a positive attitude to every part of the school day.”
To improve
- “Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain the effectiveness of their work in all areas.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 49 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 48 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in South Tyneside.
- East Boldon Junior School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- West Boldon Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Forest View Primary 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cleadon Church of England Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Infants' School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Junior School 1.5 mi Not judged
- Monkton Infants' School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published