Non-maintained special school

St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa

Mixed · ages 3–19 · with sixth formLeeds, Yorkshire and the Humber · Wetherby LS23 6DFSchool website
Pupils on roll
89of 105 places
Free school meals
25.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
17
Ofsted
Good, 7 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 6 pupils who finished Year 11 at St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa in 2023, 0% stayed on in St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa’s own sixth form (Leeds average 32%), 83% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Leeds and England.

This school
Leeds
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolLeedsEngland
Pupils in the cohort69,144607,348
Any sustained destination100%89%92%
Stayed in education100%84%86%
— school sixth form0%32%34%
— sixth form college0%14%13%
— further education college83%36%37%
— other education17%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%7%6%
Destination unknown0%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Leeds

Allerton Grange School

Community school · sixth form · 1,782 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2

Allerton High School

Community school · sixth form · 1,764 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.3

Benton Park School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,516 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7

Boston Spa Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,498 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.