Boldon School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.677 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Boldon School is a secondary school in Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 February 2025. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Boldon 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.677 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.677 miles away, 2nd shortest of 8 South Tyneside secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.49 miles).
- The 2026 Year 7 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance, and nearer the school than in 2025.
- Year 7 2026 drew 164 first-choice applications for 213 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 49 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 24% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 nearest secondary 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
- New Road, Boldon Colliery, NE35 9DZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 1,043 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 February 2025
Strengths
- “However, recentlyappointed leaders are skilled and committed to the school.”
- “They have provided stability and increased expectations for pupils’ achievement.”
- “The school provides its pupils with high-quality pastoral care.”
To improve
- “Consequently, this has hindered the school’s plans for improvement, and pupils have not achieved as well as they should.”
- “However, some pupils cause disruption, and this impacts on the learning of others.”
- “The delivery of the curriculum is variable.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 24% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 164 first-preference applications, 213 offers in total, 164 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in South Tyneside.
- St Wilfrid's RC College 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Jarrow School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Mortimer Community College 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harton Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hebburn Comprehensive School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitburn Church of England Academy 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published