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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 offices after the school moved to a site at Lawnswood in 1931. During the 1960s, pupils over 16 years of age were allowed to travel to school on motor-cycles and scooters ...
LEEDS MODERN SCHOOL - A Short History. Milestones. 1824 —Leeds Mechanics' Institute established. 1845 —The Mathematical and Commercial School established (now Leeds Modern School). 1854 —The Ladies Educational Institution established (now Lawnswood High School). 1889 —New building of Leeds Boys Modern School and Leeds Technical School ...
The school 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) attended by Alan Bennett, and Lawnswood High School for Girls, a girls' grammar school (founded 1854), which moved to the current Lawnswood site in 1932.
Leeds Modern School. Official opening of Leeds Modern School and Lawnswood High School for Girls by HRH Prince George.
The motto of The Modern School was Fortem Posce Animum. The original interpretation of this was Pray For a Brave Heart, but by the fifties it was understood to mean Seek For a Strong Spirit. Like us, they had four 'houses': they were Prince, Dakin, School and Turner. For a potted history of Leeds Modern School, extracted from 'The Owlet', click ...
Leeds: Modern School . Date: [1947-1954] Held by: The National Archives, Kew: Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Click here to see a plan of Lawnswood High School and Leeds Modern School buildings and the grounds. These buildings were demolished in Autumn 2003, having been replaced by the new school. “I still remember standing at the door of the old school down town Leeds and seeing the Hindenberg fly right over my head.
