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Boston Spa School
Motto	A path to the future for all
Established	1973
Type	Co-educational secondary comprehensive with specialist Sports status
Headteacher	Christopher Walsh (acting)
Specialism	Sports
Location	Clifford Moor Road Boston Spa West Yorkshire LS23 6RW England
LEA	City of Leeds
Ofsted number	108091
Students	1,880
Ages	11 to 19
Website	http://www.bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk
Coordinates: 53°54′01″N 1°21′43″W / 53.90041°N 1.36197°W / 53.90041; -1.36197

Boston Spa School and specialist Sports College (formerly Boston Spa Comprehensive School) 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Location & Student population 3 Academic performance 4 Notable alumni 5 External links

[edit] History

Previous to the school, the village had a secondary modern school on High Street. The comprehensive opened in 1973. An arson attack in 2001 destroyed sections of the P.E department. It was subsequently refurbished. It was made a specialist sports college just under a decade ago^[when?], 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.

Since 2006, the school has been headed by the acting, Christopher Walsh, a former Deputy-Headteacher. As former Headteacher Dr. Alun Rees has been on a extended four-year secondment with the Leeds Education Authority (LEA), Mr Walsh has remained as Headteacher.

[edit] Location & Student population

The school is located in a largely rural and semi rural area, approximately four miles from Wetherby. The school community is predominantly white British. The largest minority ethnic group is Indian and Pakistani. The West Oaks School, a school for children with learning difficulties, is also supported by the school.

[edit] Academic performance

Just under 9% of students have been identified as having specific learning difficulties and/or disabilities, which is well below average. Very few students join or leave school at times other than in Year 7, or at the end of Year 11. In fact, as of 2008/09, there was a record of around 200 students staying on to join the Sixth-form. In both the academic years 2007-2008 & 2008-2009 GCSE and A-Levels results were very high, & so became one of the top ten schools within the City of Leeds LEA & the Sixth-form is now placed in the top 20% of national sixth-form colleges academically.

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.

As well as this, in 2007, the school was one of only two schools in England to be awarded the Investors in Pupils award, as well as many other accolades, including having a so-said 'Hot' Sixth form.

In January 2009, the school received one million pounds from Education Leeds, so as to build a new auditorium with an upstairs-downstairs cafe. The school has also recently announced the building of a new indoor Tennis complex.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Stephen Booth, cricketer
• Fabian Delph, professional footballer
• Aaron Lennon, professional footballer
• James Milner, professional footballer
• Frazer Richardson, professional footballer
• Gavin Strachan, professional footballer
• Jordan Tansey, professional rugby player
• Aidan White, professional footballer
• Danny Williams, professional rugby player
• Alex Zane, comedian/TV Presenter

[edit] External links

• EduBase
• Pictures of the school at Flickr