Lawnswood School

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name = Lawnswood School


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established = 1972
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type = Comprehensive
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specialist = "Maths and Computing College"
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city = Leeds
county = West Yorkshire
country = England
postcode = LS16 5AG
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enrollment = 1558
gender = Mixed
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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. A wide array of GCSE options are available to pupils in year nine, college placements are also available.

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.

Notable alumni

*Alan Bennett, writer (Leeds Modern School)
* James Brown - founder of "Loaded".
* John Craven BBC Journalist and Television Presenter (Leeds Modern School)
*Mark Curry Television Presenter.Fact|date=October 2008

ee also

*Leeds Modern School

External links

* [http://www.lawnswood.info School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/108/108055.pdf OFSTED reports]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_06.pl?No=3834006&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Phase=1&Year=06&Base=b DFES statistics]
* [http://www.lawnswoodhighschool.com/lhs/HistoryOfTheSchool.html History of Lawnswood High School]