Boldon School
Community school · 1,043 pupils
70% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.1
Foundation special school
Keelman's Way School
- Pupils on roll
- 194of 171 places
- Free school meals
- 56.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 11
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 17 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Oakleigh Gardens School (URN 108740, until 1 September 2012); Greenfields School (URN 108742, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 at Keelman's Way School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Keelman's Way School’s own sixth form (South Tyneside average 27%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Keelman's Way School | South Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 8 | 1,625 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 27% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 52% | 37% |
| — other education | 100% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in South Tyneside
Harton Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,599 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
Hebburn Comprehensive School
Community school · 857 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Jarrow School
Foundation school · 844 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
Mortimer Community College
Community school · 1,139 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.9
St Joseph's Catholic Academy
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.