Boldon School

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Boldon School
Address
Boldon School
New Road


,
NE35 9DZ

England
Coordinates 54°56′57″N1°26′55″W / 54.9493°N 1.4487°W / 54.9493; -1.4487
Information
Type Community school
Local authority South Tyneside
Department for Education URN 108730 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head TeacherJustin Peel
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment987 as of December 2022
Website http://boldonschool.com/

Boldon School is a coeducational secondary school located in Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside, England. [1]

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A community school administered by South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council, [2] it has a specialism in sports. The school relocated to a new £17.5 million building in 2006.

Boldon School offers GCSEs, BTECs and Cambridge Nationals as programmes of study for pupils. The school also operates a vocational sixth form which offers NVQs and further BTECs. [3]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. "Boldon School - Innovate - Focus - Achieve". boldonschool.com.
  2. "Boldon School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. "Post 16 – Subjects". boldonschool.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.