West Boldon Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Boldon, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.391 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
West Boldon Primary School is a primary school in Boldon, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (community school). South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
West Boldon Primary 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 | 1.391 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 1.391 miles, the 12th longest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 0.72 miles.
- Reception last distances have swung sharply, most from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 36 first-choice applications for 37 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, as was 1 family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Hindmarch Drive, West Boldon, Boldon, NE36 0HX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 280 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “All pupils are welcome at West Boldon.”
- “No matter what their previous experience of education or barriers to learning may be.”
- “This is because the school's inclusive ethos provides pupils with a strong sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “The proportions of pupils reaching the higher standard in national tests is slightly below national averages.”
- “Some parents believe that negative behaviour is prevalent in school.”
- “However, they do not have the opportunity to develop longer pieces of written work in a few subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 82% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 36 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 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- East Boldon Infants' School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Forest View Primary 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hedworth Lane Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Infants' School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hedworthfield Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkton Infants' School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Junior School 1.3 mi Not judged