Boston Spa Academy, Wetherby

In 2026, pupils at Boston Spa Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

67% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 55.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.56: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 42.7, against 58.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 259 families put Boston Spa Academy as their first choice and 733 named it as one of their preferences, for 238 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 34 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Boston Spa Academy are Wetherby High School (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.2); and Tadcaster Grammar School (2.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52).

Boston Spa Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Boston Spa Academy is one of 15 schools run by The Gorse Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 218 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 29% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 88 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 53% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 24% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

11.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (71%) and Asian (7%).

In 2026, 198 pupils (13.2%) received SEN support and 22 (1.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Boston Spa Academy.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Comprehensive (stand a), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 35 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229).

In 2024/25, Boston Spa Academy issued 203 suspensions, 13.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Boston Spa Academy are St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa (0.2 miles); Primrose Lane Primary School (0.4 miles); St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa (0.7 miles); and Bramham Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.