| Motto | A path to the future for all |
|---|---|
| Established | 1973 |
| Type | Co-educational secondary comprehensive with specialist Sports status |
| Headteacher | Christopher Walsh |
| Specialism | Sports |
| Location | Clifford Moor Road Boston Spa West Yorkshire LS23 6RW England |
| Local authority | City of Leeds |
| DfE URN | 108091 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1,880 |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Website | www.bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk |
Boston Spa School and specialist Sports College is a mixed-gender school aged 11–19 years old on Clifford Moor Road in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England. It is larger than other secondary schools in the area, with 1,880 students on roll, including 350 in the sixth form. Both Boston Spa and neighbouring Wetherby High School have large catchment areas and take pupils from much of North and East Leeds.
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Previous to the school, the village had a secondary modern school on High Street. The school opened in 1973. It was made a specialist sports college in 2000, with outside backing from notable organisations, primarily Leeds United A.F.C.. It has led to the subsequent partnerships with both the Leeds United Male and Female academies.
The school is located in a largely suburban and semi rural area, approximately four miles from Wetherby. The school community is predominantly white British. The largest minority ethnic groups are Indian and Pakistani. The West Oaks School, a Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre, is supported by the school, having a base on the school site, enabling positive experiences and opportunities for the students of both school.
The Boston Spa School Mission.
Our ambition for every learner is:
· Academic Capital: Achieving outcomes that match or exceed that which they would have achieved in any other school.
· Moral Capital: To be young people who know right from wrong and make good moral decisions especially in the company of their peers.
· Social capital: To be 'nice people to know', who understand and model what it is to be an adult member of their communities.
Our ambition is achieved in a school where:
· Everyone is treated with respect
· Everyone makes progress
· No one steals learning
This creates:
· ‘A path to the future for all’
The School continues to improve its academic provision with 96% achieving 5+ A* to C GCSE, 52% achieving 5+ A* to C(EM) and 39% af students achieving at least 3 GCSE's at A* or A grade in 2011. The 2010 CVA progress measure from Key Stage 2-4 is 1002. Around 70% of our Year 11 progress into our Sixth form where they are joined by students moving to continue their post 16 education with us. In 2009 OFSTED judged our Sixth Form to be 'Good'. Our 2010 Key Stage 4-5 CVA score is 1015. Over 98% of students achieved A2 grades with 59% gaining grades at A* to C. The sixth-form is now placed in the top 20% of national sixth-form colleges academically.
Progression to further education, 2010 saw a record number of students applying to go to either university or FE colleges; with more than 70% of their young people considering taking a degree or equivalent/other qualification. Boston Spa has a consistent record of around 3-5% of students applying to Oxbridge every year; with 2 successful applicants in 2010. The school has some students successfully accepted every year into globally recognised London institutions such as Imperial College and UCL. A number of students go on to study medicine or a science-based subject, as well as around 38% successfully applying to read at either a Russell Group or top thirty (ranked) university - including the likes of Manchester, Newcastle, Warwick, Edinburgh and Durham.
The school was awarded specialist sports college status in 2000 and successfully achieved re-designation of this status in 2004. Currently, it is also the base for the Leeds United Ladies football club.
In 2010 the school celebrated 10 years as a Specialist Sports College. Sculpter Jenny Barber, an ex-student, marked the occasion by designing and installing a 'running man' sculpture in the school grounds.
The school built acrylic indoor tennis courts to accompany the outdoor concrete courts, which was formally opened on 26 September 2011.
External recognition. In the last four years the school has been awarded chartermarks:
Safemark
Investors in People
Investors in Pupils
Healthy Schools
Inclusion Chartermark
The International Schools Award
FA National Charter Standard Award
Education Business Partnership Award
3 Specialist School and Academies Trust awards for acadenic achievement
Stephen Lawrence Award