Boston Spa Academy is a secondary school located in Wetherby. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 30/04/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Clifford Moor Road, Wetherby, LS23 6RW
Website: http://www.bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01937846636
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Leeds
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Adam Ryder
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 146217

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 30/04/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1200
Number of Pupils: 1119
Number of Boys: 570
Number of Girls: 549

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Above Average: 0.5 Confidence interval 0.26 to 0.74
Of the 108 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 106 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:14%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:64%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:54.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.34
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa
Westwood Way , Boston Spa LS23 6DL
4out of 4 401 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Primrose Lane Primary School
Westwood Way , Boston Spa LS23 6DX
4out of 4 768 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa
Clifford Road , Boston Spa LS23 6DB
3out of 4 1,162 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Bramham Primary School
Clifford Road , Bramham LS23 6JQ
3out of 4 1,768 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch
Dowkell Lane , Thorp Arch LS23 7AQ
3out of 4 1,904 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Boston Spa Academy
Clifford Moor Road , Boston Spa LS23 6RW
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
West Oaks School
Westwood Way , Boston Spa LS23 6DX
4out of 4 777 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa
Church Street , Boston Spa LS23 6DF
3out of 4 808 yd Non-maintained special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.