Education
Close by but actually in the parish of Clifford is Boston Spa School, the local secondary school with a quite diffuse catchment area, typically taking pupils from areas which also feed comprehensives in Wetherby, Garforth and Pendas Fields. The school is noted for its successes in sports and science teaching, and caters for pupils undertaking GCSEs, A levels, GNVQs and those with special needs.
Other establishments with postal addresses of Boston Spa although sited in the nearby parish of Clifford include the children's hospice Martin House and St John's Catholic School for the Deaf which has a UK-wide catchment.
There are no colleges in Boston Spa, however Leeds City College has a centre in Wetherby There are several further and higher education institutions in Leeds.
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