East Boldon Infants' School
Front Street, East Boldon, NE36 0SW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss L Holt
- Constituency
- South Shields
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 163
- URN
- 108688
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01915367292
About this school
East Boldon Infants' School is a community primary school in East Boldon. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 163 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How East Boldon Infants' School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 178 |
| 2023/24 | 173 |
| 2024/25 | 153 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How East Boldon Infants' School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.4% | 11.1% | 163 | — |
| East Boldon Junior School | 81% | 5% | 10.2% | 235 | 0.1 miles |
| West Boldon Primary School | 82% | 6.3% | 51.4% | 280 | 0.7 miles |
| Forest View Primary | 67% | 5.4% | 52% | 213 | 0.8 miles |
| Cleadon Church of England Academy | 79% | 3.7% | 1.4% | 484 | 1.1 miles |
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Town End Farm, Sunderland | 54% | 5.5% | 25.8% | 203 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report12 May 2026
- 7 June 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.11%
- English as an additional language
- 1.3%
- Overall absence
- 3.43%
- Persistent absence
- 6.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
East Boldon Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Tyne & Wear
-
West Boldon Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Boldon
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Forest View Primary0.8 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Cleadon Church of England Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
St John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Town End Farm, Sunderland1.2 miles
Primary · Sunderland
Other schools in East Boldon
- Helen Gibson Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does East Boldon Infants' School teach?
- East Boldon Infants' School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in East Boldon.
- Who is the headteacher of East Boldon Infants' School?
- The headteacher of East Boldon Infants' School is Miss L Holt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was East Boldon Infants' School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected East Boldon Infants' School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is East Boldon Infants' School?
- East Boldon Infants' School has 163 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is East Boldon Infants' School full?
- East Boldon Infants' School has capacity for 180 pupils and 163 on roll (91%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is East Boldon Infants' School a faith school?
- No. East Boldon Infants' School has no designated religious character.
- Does East Boldon Infants' School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records East Boldon Infants' School as having no nursery classes.
- What is East Boldon Infants' School's absence rate?
- East Boldon Infants' School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does East Boldon Infants' School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for East Boldon Infants' School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.