East Boldon Infants' School

Community school·Infant school East Boldon, South Tyneside·NE36 0SW

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

East Boldon Infants' School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

98%

49 first choices, 49 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 49 places

Applications from another council area

10%

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15

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1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

South Tyneside does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for East Boldon Infants' School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 153
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

11.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

1.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

14.4%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

4.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,905

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

East Boldon Junior School Tyne & Wear · 0.1 mi 66.6 West Boldon Primary School Boldon · 0.7 mi 69.6 Forest View Primary South Shields · 0.9 mi 64.6 Cleadon Church of England Academy Sunderland · 1.1 mi 72.4 St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · 1.2 mi 52.4 Biddick Hall Junior School South Shields · 1.5 mi 91.6 Hedworth Lane Primary School Boldon Colliery · 1.7 mi 58.7 Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) South Shields · 1.7 mi 48.5

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

East Boldon Infants' School is a primary school serving East Boldon, South Tyneside, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 153 pupils aged 5 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated East Boldon Infants' School 'Good'.

98% of the families who made East Boldon Infants' School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 22.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.