# St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa

St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa is a special school in Leeds, for pupils aged 3 to 19.

It had 89 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E108120. [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Non-maintained special school
- Ages: 3 to 19
- Pupils: 89
- Council: Leeds
- URN: 108120

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), February 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 7 February 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).


### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Leeds | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 46.5 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 48.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 65.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 10 | – | – |

St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Primrose Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/primrose-lane-primary-school-e107869): 340 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), December 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-church-of-england-controlled-primary-school-boston-spa-e107997): 340 m. Primary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edwards-catholic-primary-school-boston-spa-e108012): 470 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2022. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Boston Spa Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boston-spa-academy-e146217): 740 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), January 2023. Attainment 8 of 54.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lady-elizabeth-hastings-cofe-va-primary-school-thorp-arch-e108010): 1.3 km. Primary. Good (overall), July 2024. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bramham Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bramham-primary-school-e107844): 1.5 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/108120)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/108120)

## How to cite

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