Leytonstone School is a

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located on Colworth Road in

Leytonstone Leytonstone () is an area in east London, England, north-east of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, a local authority district of Greater London. It adjoins Wanstead to the north-east, Forest Gate to the south-east, S ...

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, England.

Admissions

The school formerly specialised in Business and Enterprise. The school numbers 971 students, as of the last

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inspection of the school in 2021.

History

Originally a

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called Leyton County High School for Girls, the buildings at the junction of Colworth Road and Forest Road on the edge of

Epping Forest Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in the north, to Chingford on the edge of the London ...

were opened in 1911; girls were transferred there from the private Elson House Girls High School in Wallwood Road and from the mixed Leyton and Leytonstone high schools. The school was built on the site of Forest Farm and was designed in the

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by William Jacques

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, who was the architect for the Leyton Urban District Council. In 1968, it was renamed Leyton Senior High School for Girls when it became a

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for 14- to 18-year-old girls. In the 1980s, it became a mixed comprehensive under a borough re-organisation of schools and changed name to Leytonstone School. Business and Enterprise specialist school status was achieved in 2007. Successful re-designation in 2008 enabled Leytonstone to retain this specialism and acquire a further specialism, 'Leadership Partners' in February 2009. It has also been designated an HPSS (high performing specialist school).

Alumni

Leytonstone School

Leyton County High School for Girls

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, OBE, FRSA, co-founder and former CEO of Somethin’ Else, a media production company, and Master of Jesus College, Cambridge. She is the first black master of any Oxbridge college * Dame Sharon Michele White DBE, Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership and former Chief Executive of the British media regulator Ofcom. She was the first black person, and the second woman, to become a Permanent Secretary at the Treasury.

References

External links

School website

OFSTED report

EduBase
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