School profile
St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa
Church Street, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6DF
Overview
St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa is a special / send school (non-maintained special school) in Wetherby, Yorkshire and the Humber, for pupils aged 3–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Non-maintained special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 3–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Religious ethos
- Catholic
- School capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 89
- URN
- 108120
Admissions
- Local authority
- Leeds
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Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Secondary
2023/24 results
DfE does not publish a directly comparable England figure for independent schools, so no comparison is shown.
Attainment 8 score
- School
- 1.1
Pupils included: 8
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 8
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 8
Entering the EBacc
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 8
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 7 February 2024 · Published 17 April 2024
Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)
Overall effectiveness
Good
This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
- Sixth form provision (where applicable)
- Good
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Location
- Address
- Church Street, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6DF
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Area
- Schools in Leeds
Inspection
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- Ofsted
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