Lawnswood School

Lawnswood School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Lawnswood area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Lawnswood School
Address
Leeds Outer Ring Road

Lawnswood

Leeds
,
West Yorkshire
,
LS16 5AG

England
Coordinates53.8358°N 1.5951°W / 53.8358; -1.5951
Information
TypeCommunity school
Established1972
Local authorityLeeds City Council
Department for Education URN108055 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMrs Joanna Bell
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,098
Websitewww.lawnswoodschool.co.uk
The previous buildings, vacated by the school in 2003.

The school was founded in 1972 and had its first comprehensive intake in 1974. Its predecessors were the Leeds Modern School, a boys' grammar school (founded 1845) attended by Alan Bennett, and Lawnswood High School for Girls, a girls' grammar school (founded 1854), which moved to the current Lawnswood site in 1932.

The sixth form was judged as Grade 2 and "consistently good" in the 2009 Ofsted inspection, but the school as a whole was rated as Grade 4 (Inadequate) for overall effectiveness.[1] and consequently placed into special measures.[2] During an early 2011 Ofsted visit, the school was judged to be "making good progress in all the key areas,"[3] and in July 2011 the school was taken out of special measures.[4] In late 2013, Ofsted rated the school Grade 2 (Good) for overall effectiveness.[1]

Notable former pupils

See also

References
  1. Lawnswood School Ofsted Reports
  2. "Most Improved School Facing Special Measures Bombshell", Yorkshire Post 25 September 2009
  3. "Alan Bennett: Playwright to return to Leeds school"Yorkshire Evening Post, 12 March 2011
  4. 'Lawnswood School Website homepage'
  5. Christie, Janet (6 April 2014). "Eleanor Catton on winning the Man Booker prize". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  6. Eastwood, Steven (29 March 2015). "Stuart Croft obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  7. "Jane Margery Wynne". Munk's Roll Volume XII. Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
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