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St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa

  • 4–11Ages
  • 134Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 107997URN

Clifford Road, Boston Spa, Clifford Road, Boston Spa, Select, LS23 6DB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
0.4 below Leeds median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leeds

52 applications for 19 places · 132nd of 212 in Leeds
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
71%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 24 June 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.7applications per place, Reception
0.4 below Leeds median (3.1) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

52 applications · 19 places offered · 18 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.7; Leeds median median 3.1
  2. 2025 4.8; Leeds median median 3.2
  3. 2024 3.3; Leeds median median 3.3
  4. 2023 3.9; Leeds median median 3.3
  5. 2022 5.5; Leeds median median 3.3
  6. 2021 4.7; Leeds median median 3.1
  7. 2020 5.1; Leeds median median 2.9
  8. 2019 4.2; Leeds median median 2.7
  9. 2018 3.7; Leeds median median 2.7
  10. 2017 4.2; Leeds median median 2.9
  11. 2016 3.4; Leeds median median 2.7
  12. 2015 4.1; Leeds median median 2.3
  13. 2014 4.4; Leeds median median 2.5
More applications per place than the Leeds median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Leeds median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202619522.7180.95
Sep 202512584.8110.92
Sep 202418603.3181.00
Sep 202320773.9221.10
Sep 202215825.5140.93
Sep 202120934.7281.40
Sep 2020201025.1170.85
Sep 2019241004.2251.04
Sep 201816593.740.25
Sep 201718754.2160.89
Sep 201624813.4170.71
Sep 201513534.190.69
Sep 201420884.4231.15

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 88% · Writing 76% · Maths 88% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard71%72nd of 210 in Leeds
Reading
Expected standard88%
Higher standard59%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard76%
Greater depth6%
Maths
Expected standard88%
Higher standard18%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Leeds median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2571%6%109104
2023/2450%10%104104
2022/2350%5%103101

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
107997 · 383/3047
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
140 pupils · 134 on roll
Free school meals
6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Clifford Road, Boston Spa, Clifford Road, Boston Spa, Select, LS23 6DB
Local authority
Leeds

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources