Lawnswood High School for Girls
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Lawnswood High School for Girls was a girls' grammar school in north Leeds close to the A660
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, a boys grammar school, in 1972 to form the school now known as Lawnswood School
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A660 road
The A660 is a major road in West Yorkshire, England that runs from Leeds to Burley-in-Wharfedale where it meets the A65. The A660 is approximately long, and crosses the watershed from Airedale to lower Wharfedale...
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History
It was originally called the Leeds Girls' Modern School until 1932 when it took the Lawnswood High School for Girls name. It was to merge with its brother school Leeds Modern SchoolLeeds Modern School
Leeds Modern School in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England was founded on 14 July 1845 by Mr S. Twist in Rossington Street as the Mathematical and Commercial School...
, a boys grammar school, in 1972 to form the school now known as Lawnswood School
Lawnswood School
Lawnswood School is a state comprehensive school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has about 1500 male and female pupils, aged 11–18. It is a specialist Maths and Computing College. The sixth form was deemed extremely good in the most recent Ofsted inspection in 2009, however the...
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Alumni
- Prof Karin Barber, Professor of African Cultural Anthropology at the University of BirminghamUniversity of BirminghamThe University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
since 1999 - Elaine Burton, Baroness Burton of CoventryElaine Burton, Baroness Burton of CoventryElaine Frances Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry was a politician in the United Kingdom.Burton stood twice to become a Member of Parliament, before being elected on her third candidacy...
, Labour MP for Coventry South from 1950-9 - Joan Firth CB, Chair of Bradford Health Authority from 1998-2000