Schools in Wetherby
Wetherby is a market town in the City of Leeds with 13 schools serving the town and the surrounding Wharfe Valley villages, including Bramham, Boston Spa and Collingham. The area has a strong faith school presence — five of the 13 schools hold a Church of England or other religious designation — reflecting the established village school network that spans this part of West Yorkshire. Three schools are currently oversubscribed.
Two secondary schools, Wetherby High School and Boston Spa School, provide the main post-11 options for the area. Six schools hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating. Leeds City Council coordinates admissions, and families in smaller villages such as Thorner, Aberford and Bardsey should confirm both their local primary feeder and which secondary catchment their address falls within before applying for 2026 entry.
School demand in Wetherby
Across the 13 schools in Wetherby with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 94%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Wetherby have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
1 of the schools in Wetherby is an academy that sets its own admissions criteria independently of Leeds, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
7 of the schools in Wetherby have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Wetherby: 2 oversubscribed (10)
Bramham Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wetherby · LS23 6JQ
Crossley Street Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wetherby · LS22 6RT
Primrose Lane Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Wetherby · LS23 6DX
Deighton Gates Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Wetherby · LS22 7XL
St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Wetherby · LS22 6JS
Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wetherby · LS23 7AQ
Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wetherby · LS22 5BS
St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wetherby · LS23 6DX
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wetherby · LS22 6PR
Sicklinghall Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wetherby · LS22 4BD
Secondary Schools in Wetherby (2)
Other Schools in Wetherby (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Wetherby are set by Leeds and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.