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Leeds Grammar School
Motto	Nullius Non Mater Disciplinae
Established	1552
Type	Public school
Headmaster	Dr M. Bailey
Founder	William Sheafield
Students	3400
Location	Leeds, United Kingdom
Merged	2005
Website	www.gsal.org.uk

Leeds Grammar School (LGS) was founded in 1552 by Sir William Sheafield to provide free, subsidised or fee-paying education, according to need. 1552 is the date on William Sheafield's will, but there is some evidence to suggest that the school existed prior to this date. The date 1552 only came into common usage in connection with the school in 1952, when the then headmaster decided that he wanted his retirement party to be a little bigger. In contemporary times, LGS is a selective, independent fee-paying school, (in the UK known as a Public or Private school), and is a member of the Governing Bodies Association and of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The School is currently sited at Alwoodley Gates in a modern building constructed around 1997, which will be the home of Grammar School at Leeds from September 2008. The school merged with Leeds Girls High School in 2005 to become the Grammar School at Leeds; Leeds Grammar School legally passed out of existence on 4th August, 2005. Its final Headmaster was Dr. Mark Bailey.

Contents 1 History 2 Houses 3 Merge with Leeds Girls High School 4 Notable alumni/Famous people that came to Leeds Grammar school 5 External links 6 Notes

The school has been sited at a number of locations in Leeds:

• Its original location is thought to have been The Calls, by the River Aire, near the centre of the city.
• In 1624, John Harrison, a great Leeds benefactor, moved the school "to a pleasant Field of his own which he surrounded with a substantial Wall and in the midst of the Quadrangle built the present Fabrick of the school"
• The school was moved to a site on Woodhouse Moor in 1859. The building was designed by Edward Middleton Barry, brother of the then headmaster, Dr Alfred Barry, after whom one of the eight houses was named. This site was subsequently sold to the University of Leeds. The buildings were re-developed and now house the Leeds University Business School.
• In 1997, LGS moved to a purpose-built campus at Alwoodley Gates.
• The school will merge with Leeds Girls High School in September 2007 to become the Grammar School at Leeds.

Leeds Grammar school senior school had eight houses named after the benefactors of the school. These are Barry, Clarell, Ermysted, Harrison, Lawson, Nevile, Sheafield and Thoresby. There were many competitions throughout the school year, the most notable ones being sports day in summer and house music in autumn. All the houses throughout the year compete for the Bailey Cup awarded at the end of the year for the house with the most points in all competitions.

The school administration merged with Leeds Girls' High School in August 2005, however the schools will not physically merge until September 2008. At that time the Senior School (ages 11-18) and Junior School (ages 7-11) will remain at their present Alwoodley Site. The Infant School will move to the former LGHS site at Headingley alongside a new Nursery School. The merged school will be called the Grammar School at Leeds. The main Senior School site of Leeds Girls' High School will be sold to a private developer. Classes for girls and boys between the ages of 11 and 16 will remain segregated, but all extra-curricular activities will be mixed.

The merger of the two schools has caused some controversy due to the expected increase in traffic levels at the Alwoodley site.^[1]

• Robin Blaze - countertenor
• Sir Stephen Brown KCVO - Group Chief Executive of British Trade International, former ambassador
• Barry Cryer - Comedian and comedy writer
• Alan Davidson - author, diplomat, food writer.
• Lord "Jack" Diamond (John Diamond) sometime leader of the SDP in the House of Lords.
• George Dixon - MP for Birmingham, also Edgbaston. Educationalist
• Tony Harrison (b.1937 - ) - Poet
• Sir John Hawkshaw - Engineer (railways, canals, tunnels)
• George Henderson (b.1854 d.1903) - British soldier and military author most famous for his work regarding the American Civil War and Thomas J. Jackson
• John Ireland Composer
• Sir Gerald Kaufman - Member of Parliament
• Reverend Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy (Woodbine Willy) - priest and counsellor in World War I
• Colin Montgomerie (attended circa 1980-1982) - Golf Professional
• Richard Peacock - Engineer; railway locomotive designer.
• John Smeaton (b.1724 d.1794) - civil and mechanical engineer famous for building the third Eddystone Lighthouse, and for many other engineering projects.
• Godfrey Talbot - war-time BBC correspondent; later the BBC's first officially-accredited royal correspondent.
• Ralph Thoresby - Merchant, dissenter, and author of the first history of Leeds, Ducatus Leodiensis, in 1715
• Nigel Waterson - Member of Parliament for Eastbourne
• Ricky Wilson - Lead singer of the Kaiser Chiefs
• Jeremy Dyson - scriptwriter especially for The League of Gentlemen.
• Rob Cowen - Singer/songwriter
• Ken Hodcroft - Chairman of Hartlepool United F.C.
• Thomas Adamson-Coumbousis - Channel 4 News, TV Reporter/Producer
• Niall Cook - (racing driver)

• The Grammar School at Leeds Website
• Leeds Grammar School website
• GCSE and Value Added statistics from the Department for Education and Skills
• 16+ statistics from DfES
• Independent Schools Council listing for LGS, providing concise details of subjects taught, facilities &c.
• History of Leeds Grammar School, including the full text of a number of books about the school

1. ^ Ban The School Run Cars Yorkshire Evening Post, June 2006