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Leeds Modern School was a school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. [1] 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 offices after the school moved to a site at Lawnswood in 1931.
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 song of Leeds Modern School was written sometime prior to 1957; words by Frank Holland (Headmaster) and music by Bernard Fletcher (Music teacher). Grateful thanks go to ‘Chat’ (aka Tony Chatterton ’57-’64) for providing a stirring rendition of ‘Four Square She Stands’, played on a 1960s Baldwin organ.
Leeds Modern School. Official opening of Leeds Modern School and Lawnswood High School for Girls by HRH Prince George. 1932. The school moved to Lawnswood and took the name Lawnswood High School to share a site with Leeds Modern School for Boys. The two schools are separated by a joint swimming pool and dining room. 1972.
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 and Lawnswood. Leeds Modern School had originally been founded as a boys’ school by the Mechanics’ Institute in 1845. In 1854 the Ladies’ Educational Institution was opened in the basement of the Mechanic’s Institute. It changed its name to Leeds Girls’ Modern School in 1868.
LAWNSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNAE WEBSITE. A site for Old Girls of Lawnswood High School covering the time. from its inception in 1931 up to 1972 when it merged with Leeds Modern School. From then on, the two parts formed the present-day Lawnswood School. Click here for the INDEX.
