West Boldon Primary School

State-Funded School

west-boldon-primary-school-south-tyneside-north-east

North EastRegion

South TynesideLocal Authority

Jarrow and Gateshead EastConstituency

NE36 0HXPostcode

2.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

West Boldon Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in South Tyneside, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 280 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · published 8 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 57%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

89%

Asian

Black

Mixed

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

280

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

56%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 280
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
15 Nov 2021	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
27 Feb 2009	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.