Boldon School
Community school · 1,043 pupils
70% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.1
Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 at Park View School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 42% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
Park View School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 10.2, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in South Tyneside and England.
| Measure | Park View School | South Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 12 | 1,625 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 58% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 50% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 27% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| — further education college | 42% | 52% | 37% |
| — other education | 8% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 33% | 2% | 3% |
| Measure | Park View School | South Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 10.2 | 42.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 35% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.85 | 3.74 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 82% | 37% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 33.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 48.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 7% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 6 | 55% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Combined Science | 6 | 55% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| English Literature | 5 | 45% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| Mathematics | 5 | 45% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 4 | 36% | 8% | — | 21% | — |
| Fine Art | 2 | 18% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Photography | 1 | 9% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
Community school · 1,043 pupils
70% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.1
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,599 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
Community school · 857 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Foundation school · 844 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
Community school · 1,139 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.9
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,377 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.