Boldon School is a Community school serving secondary age pupils, located in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear. The school has 1,064 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Requires improvement (last overall grade). Last inspected 18 February 2025. The Headteacher is Louise Pippin. The school is administered by South Tyneside local authority.
Applications for places at Boldon School are handled by the school or the local authority (South Tyneside). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
37.1
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.59
Progress 8 · 2023-24
24%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
43%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.04
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
30%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.