St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Select, Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa is a primary school in Select, Leeds for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 7 of the 11 earlier published years; the biggest swing came from 2020 to 2021.
- For Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 19 offers; 8 of the 52 applications (15%) came from families outside Leeds, and 4 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Not judged (24 June 2025); the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement (1 November 2022).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leeds schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Clifford Road, Boston Spa, Clifford Road, Boston Spa, Select, LS23 6DB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 134 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “This is a school at the heart of its community where pupils flourish.”
- “Pupils understand and model the school’s values of care, compassion, courage and showing they care extremely well.”
- “The school does all it can to ensure pupils attend regularly and on time.”
To improve
- “Since the last inspection, the school has experienced a period of turbulence, including significant changes to staffing.”
- “However, these developments are not yet reflected in pupils’ achievements in key stage 2 published outcomes from national assessments.”
- “There is some variation in how well teaching checks pupils’ understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 71% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 18 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leeds.
- Primrose Lane Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramham Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crossley Street Primary School 2.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published