Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
East Boldon Infants' School
This school
East Boldon Junior School
Partner infant school
Reception to Year 2 · 150 m away from East Boldon Junior School
Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at East Boldon Infants' School.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 16 June 2026
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | South Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 81% | 62% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 12% | 8% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 88% | 72% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 47% | 25% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | South Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 110 | 105 | 106 |
| Maths | 110 | 104 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 109 | 105 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected East Boldon Junior School on 16 June 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Strong standard for achievement, for curriculum and teaching and for personal development and wellbeing; Expected standard for inclusion, for leadership and governance and for attendance and behaviour.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at East Boldon Infants' School. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when East Boldon Junior School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, South Tyneside, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
East Boldon Junior School had 234 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 240. It is a mixed school.
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