Sir John Leman High School (grammar school until 1971) is currently a mixed-sex, 13-18 comprehensive school serving part of the Waveney

Waveney

Waveney is a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney that forms its north-west border. The district council is based in Lowestoft, the major settlement in Waveney, which is the only unparished area in the district...

 region in north Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The school is located on the western edge of the town of Beccles

Beccles

Beccles is a market town and civil parish in the Waveney District of the English county of Suffolk. The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 Blythburgh and A12 road, northeast of London as the crow flies, southeast of Norwich, and north northeast of the county town of...

 and serves the surrounding area, including Worlingham

Worlingham

Worlingham is a village and civil parish in the Waveney district of Suffolk, England about east of Beccles. As of 2008 it is effectively a suburb of Beccles...

 and parts of Lowestoft

Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich...

. Students from Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

 villages such as Gillingham

Gillingham, Norfolk

Gillingham is a small village located just off the A146 in South Norfolk, about 1 mile north of the market town of Beccles. The full name of the parish is Gillingham All Saints and St Mary...

 also sometimes attend the school. The school has approximately 1400 students, including a sixth form of around 300 students and is a Technology College. Most students transfer from either Beccles, Gisleham or Worlingham Middle Schools at the age of 13.

History

Sir John Leman High School was established in 1631, and it has been on its present site for around 90 years. The old school has been converted into the Beccles museum. The school was established when Sir John Leman left money after his death to educate 44 pupils from Beccles, two from Ringsfield and two from Gillingham. In 1914 it became the County mixed grammar school on its present site in Ringsfield Road. In 1971 the school became a comprehensive high school and grew in size. In recent years building work has gone on to expand the school to accommodate the 1355 pupils who now attend the school.

Ofsted Reports

In the Ofsted inspection report dated February 2006 it was rated as a 'good' school with a 'good' sixth form. Its most recent Ofsted inspection was in February 2009, where it was rated once again as a generally 'good' school, although with some features which were judged 'satisfactory' and there was also a lack of ethnic groups in the school. The sixth form provision was judged as achieved an overall effectiveness of 'satisfactory', although post-16 curriculum provision was judged 'good'.

Future

Sir John Leman currently takes only Year 9, 10, 11 and their sixth form, though due to the closure of middle schools it is expected to take Years 7 and 8 students in September 2012.

Notable Alumni

Sir Stanley Rous, the 6th President of FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

 and secretary of the Football Association

The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

 attended Sir John Leman school in the period before World War I. Dorothy Hodgkin, who won the Nobel prize in Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...

 entered the school in 1921 before studying chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford

Somerville College, Oxford

Somerville College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and was one of the first women's colleges to be founded there...

. Eminent gasteroenterologist Sir Francis Avery Jones

Francis Avery Jones

Sir Francis Avery Jones was a British physician and gastroenterologist.He was born in Briton Ferry, Carmarthenshire, Wales but educated at the Sir John Leman High School, Beccles, Suffolk and at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, where he qualified in medicine in 1934.As a house physician...

 attended the school at the same time. Chris Martin (footballer born 1988), striker for Norwich City also attended the school.

External links

• Official site
• SJLHS Kenya Exchange site