West Leeds High School

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name = West Leeds High School: Specialist Technology College


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established = 1907
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street = Congress Mount
city = Leeds
county = West Yorkshire
country = England
postcode = LS12 3DT
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gender = Mixed
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website = http://www.westleeds.leeds.sch.uk/index.htm
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West Leeds High School Specialist Technology College is a mixed Comprehensive School located in Armley in the City Of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school has around 1200 students on roll from ages 11 to 18. The school also has a City Learning Centre built on site.

Historical background

It has served the Armley, Bramley and Wortley areas of Leeds for 100 years.The School opened on 7 September 1907 to improve standards in the city. The school was effectively two schools in one as both Girls and Boys were kept completely separate from each other.

In 1959 the Girls School moved to a new campus and formed West Leeds Girls High School on the Congress Mount Campus. The Boys school remained at the Tong Road Campus and formed West Leeds Boys High School.

In 1993 the Schools Finally Remerged to form West Leeds High School. The Congress Mount Campus was expanded in 1999 to become the size it is today. The Boys Campus was sold off and turned into Apartments and sold as 'Old School Lofts'.

The School also merged with Benjamin Gott High School, as the school had failing results and students on its roll.

In 2004 the School applied for the Technology Status and was achieved to become West Leeds High School Specialist Technology College. The School renovated some of the classrooms and fitted new SmartBoard Software in Classrooms.

Performance

West Leeds serves a highly social and economic disadvantage background area. Through strong leadership the school has managed to increase its A*-C GCSE Examination Results from 19% in 2000 to 39% in 2006.

Future for West Leeds

In 2006 the school was told that it would be merging with local school Wortley High School to form one new school. This was said to be due to the falling birth rate in the local area. Both schools opposed the merger saying merging would create more faults than benefits.

However the merger got approval and the construction of the new school began in 2008 on the West Leeds High School Site. In May 2008 the new name was released Swallow Hill Community College.

References

* [http://www.westleeds.leeds.sch.uk]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk]

External links

* [http://www.westleeds.leeds.sch.uk Official website]
* [http://www.leedstoday.net/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2053948&sectionid=39 News Report On Sixth Form Changes]
* [http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Double-celebrations--as-two.4071851.jp New Name and Headteacher]