St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

LeedsLocal Authority

Wetherby and EasingwoldConstituency

LS23 6DFPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 89 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

66%Boys

34%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

25%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 89
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
17 Apr 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
8 Mar 2020	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.