East Boldon Junior School

About East Boldon Junior School

East Boldon Junior School was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2018. The school’s strongest academic metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard, which sits at 70% of pupils. That figure is comfortably above the South Tyneside local authority average of 64%, placing the school 13th out of 37 primary schools in the borough and in the top 50% nationally. In maths specifically, 93% of pupils reached the expected standard and 38% achieved the higher standard, while in reading 87% met expectations and 45% hit the higher mark. Writing is a relative weaker spot, with 72% at expected and just 13% at the higher level. The school’s average scaled scores in reading and maths are both 109, a point above the national benchmark of 100.

The Ofsted report awarded Good across all four graded categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The inspectors noted that the school has improved markedly since its previous inspection, with leadership now more effective and pupils’ behaviour described as good. The school has 235 pupils on roll, just under its capacity of 240, and a below-average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 9.4%. East Boldon Junior School ranks 12th in South Tyneside overall, with the nearest Outstanding-rated school being Biddick Hall Junior School, 2.3 kilometres away. The school’s ranking score of 70 places it in the top 50% of primary schools nationally, though it sits behind local peers such as Cleadon Church of England Academy and Forest View Primary.

The school offers a broad range of sports including swimming, athletics, cross country, cricket, gymnastics, rounders and football, and has facilities such as playing fields, a dining hall, an ICT suite, a library and a chapel. Clubs include gardening, science club and eco club. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists a wide array of SEND provisions covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, visual and multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a junior school for ages 7 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form provision, and it is not a boarding school. It suits families looking for a solidly Good primary with above-average outcomes, particularly in maths and reading, and a strong set of SEND support options.

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