Boston Spa Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Wetherby, Leeds
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.758 miles
Last place: Any other children · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Boston Spa Academy is a secondary school in Wetherby, Leeds for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Boston Spa Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 5.758 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 5.758 miles away, under one of its admission criteria, and further out than in 2025.
- Among 24 Leeds secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance, this was the 2nd longest, with a middle figure of 1.73 miles.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 259 first-choice applications for 238 offers; 225 offers went to first-choice families and 34 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Leeds.
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 Moor Road, Boston Spa, Wetherby, LS23 6RW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 1,498 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Staff nurture pupils’ talents, ambitions and thirst for knowledge.”
- “Leaders place the importance of positive relationships at the centre of school life.”
- “Pupils enjoy a supportive and welcoming atmosphere.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 71% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 259 first-preference applications, 238 offers in total, 225 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leeds.
- Wetherby High School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- John Smeaton Academy 6.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Leeds East Academy 7.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishop Young Church of England Academy 7.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Allerton Grange School 7.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Garforth Academy 7.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leeds Jewish Free School 8.1 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Temple Moor High School 8.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published