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Lawnswood High School was a girls' grammar school in Lawnswood, north Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, close to the A660.
In 1932 the school moved to Lawnswood and took the name Lawnswood High School. It was to merge with its brother school
Lawnswood High School alumnae website
Educational institutions established in 1854 1854 establishments in England Defunct schools in Leeds Defunct grammar schools in England Girls' schools in West Yorkshire Educational institutions disestablished in 1972 1972 disestablishments in England {{Yorkshire-school-stub
History
In 1854 the Leeds Mechanics Institute set up a girls' school, The Ladies Educational Institution, at 4 South Parade, Leeds. It later moved to Queens Square, and the name was changed to Leeds Girls' School in 1868 when it moved to the Leeds Mechanics Institute (the building which now houses Leeds City Museum). In 1909 it was renamed Leeds Girls' Modern School, and at this time it was in premises in Willow Terrace. ''See especially image of plaque commemorating opening, with history.''
In 1932 the school moved to Lawnswood and took the name Lawnswood High School. It was to merge with its brother school Leeds Modern School
Leeds Modern School was a school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
History
Leeds Modern School was founded on 14 July 1845 in Rossington Street as the Mathematical and Commercial School. This building in the centre of Leeds became council offi ...
, a boys' grammar school, in 1972 to form the school now known as Lawnswood School
Lawnswood School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Lawnswood area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
The school was founded in 1972 and had its first comprehensive intake in 1974. Its predecessors were the Leed ...
.
Notable alumni
* Prof Karin Barber, Professor of African Cultural Anthropology from 1999 to 2017 at the University of Birmingham * Elaine Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry, Labour MP from 1950 to 1959 forCoventry South
Coventry South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Zarah Sultana of the Labour Party.
Members of Parliament MPs 1950–1974
MPs 1997–present
Constituency profile and boundaries
Cove ...
* Joan Firth CB, Chair of Bradford Health Authority from 1998 to 2000
* Catherine Bennett, journalist and commentator
* Esther Simpson
Esther Simpson OBE (31 July 1903 – 19 November 1996) was an English humanitarian who was the Assistant Secretary, later Secretary, of the Academic Assistance Council (AAC) and its successor organisations from 1933 until 1978. She worked tire ...
, organiser of academic equivalent of the kindertransport, saving refugee scholars from Nazis
References
External links
Lawnswood High School alumnae website
Educational institutions established in 1854 1854 establishments in England Defunct schools in Leeds Defunct grammar schools in England Girls' schools in West Yorkshire Educational institutions disestablished in 1972 1972 disestablishments in England {{Yorkshire-school-stub