Boldon School
New Road, Boldon Colliery, NE35 9DZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Pippin
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,100
- Pupils on roll
- 1,043
- URN
- 108730
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01915362176
About this school
Boldon School is a community secondary school in Boldon Colliery. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,043 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Boldon School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 172 | 202 | 204 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.0 | 40.4 | 37.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.47 -0.68 to -0.25 | -0.59 -0.79 to -0.39 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 36.6% | 24% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 54% | 43.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 47% | 35.1% | 30.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Boldon 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 | South Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.4 | 33.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.1 | 37.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,032 |
| 2023/24 | 1,056 |
| 2024/25 | 1,064 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Boldon School compares
Boldon School ranked 8th of 8 secondary schools in South Tyneside for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.1 | 12.5% | 53.1% | 1,043 | — |
| Red House Academy | 44.8 | 10.3% | 56.2% | 432 | 1.8 miles |
| St Wilfrid's RC College | 48.2 | 9.8% | 33% | 1,271 | 1.8 miles |
| Castle View Enterprise Academy | 41.9 | 9.8% | 46.6% | 993 | 2.2 miles |
| Jarrow School | 42.6 | 11.3% | 45.7% | 844 | 2.3 miles |
| Mortimer Community College | 41.9 | 11.4% | 48.7% | 1,139 | 2.3 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.1%
- English as an additional language
- 3.9%
- Overall absence
- 12.45%
- Persistent absence
- 33.72%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Red House Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
-
St Wilfrid's RC College1.8 miles
Secondary · South Shields
-
Castle View Enterprise Academy2.2 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
-
Jarrow School2.3 miles
Secondary · Jarrow
-
Mortimer Community College2.3 miles
Secondary · South Shields
Other schools in Boldon Colliery
- Boldon Nursery School Nursery
- Hedworth Lane Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Boldon School teach?
- Boldon School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Boldon Colliery.
- Who is the headteacher of Boldon School?
- The headteacher of Boldon School is Mrs Louise Pippin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Boldon School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Boldon 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 many pupils are at Boldon School?
- Boldon School has 1,043 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Boldon School full?
- Boldon School has capacity for 1,100 pupils and 1,043 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Boldon School a faith school?
- No. Boldon School has no designated religious character.
- Is Boldon School a selective school?
- No. Boldon School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does Boldon School have?
- The schools register lists Boldon School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Boldon School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42 in 2022/23 and 37.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Boldon School compare with other schools in South Tyneside?
- Boldon School ranked 8th of 8 secondary schools in South Tyneside for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Boldon School's absence rate?
- Boldon School's overall absence rate is 12.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Boldon School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Boldon School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 29 June 2026.