Lawnswood School
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Lawnswood School | |
Established | 1972 |
Type | Comprehensive |
Specialism | "Maths and Computing College" |
Location | Leeds West Yorkshire LS16 5AG England |
Gender | Mixed |
Website | http://www.lawnswood.info |
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Lawnswood School is a state comprehensive school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has about 1500 male and female pupils, aged 11-18. It is a specialist Maths and Computing College. The sixth form was deemed extremely good in the last Ofsted inspection.
It 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) which was attended by Alan Bennett), and Lawnswood High School, a girls' grammar school (founded 1854) which moved to the Lawnswood site in 1932.
[edit] Alumni
- James Brown - founder of Loaded.