Knavesmire Secondary School was a

secondary modern school A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 1944 until the 1970s under the Tripartite System. Schools of this type continue in Northern Ireland, where they are usuall ...

based in

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

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from the 1960s (c. 1965) to the 1980s. During the 1960s it was a girls only school. The building was located on Bishopthorpe Road next to

York Racecourse York Racecourse is a horse racing venue in York, North Yorkshire, England. It is the third biggest racecourse in Britain in terms of total prize money offered, and second behind Ascot in prize money offered per meeting. It attracts around 350 ...

, and was taken over by the College of Law in the early 1990s. The University of Law (to which the business of the College of Law was transferred, effectively little more than a name change with the removal of charitable status) moved its north-east campus to Leeds in the 2010s and sold the campus. The school is now occupied by OneSchool Global, an independent school connected to the Plymouth Brethren evalangelical church. The author Sheelagh Kelly attended the school during the 1960s.

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