Leeds Grammar School
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| Motto |
Nullius Non Mater Disciplinae (Nothing if not the Mother of Learning) |
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| Established | 1552 (1341) |
| Type | Independent |
| Founder | William Sheafield |
| Location |
Alwoodley Gates Harrogate Road Leeds West Yorkshire LS17 8GS England Coordinates: 53°51′54″N 1°31′07″W / 53.86503°N 1.51851°W |
| Local authority | City of Leeds |
| Students | circa 1,500 |
| Ages | 4–18 |
| Houses | Barry, Clarell, Ermystead, Harrison, Lawson, Nevile, Sheafield, Thoresby |
| Publication | Leodiensian |
| Merged | 2008 |
Leeds Grammar School was an independent school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. In August 2005 it merged with Leeds Girls' High School to form The Grammar School at Leeds. The two schools physically united in September 2008.
The school was founded in 1552 by William Sheafield to provide free, subsidised or fee-paying education to the children of the City of Leeds. Despite 1552 being the traditional date for the foundation of the school, there is some evidence to suggest that the school existed as early as 1341. In 1805, the school was the subject of a ruling by Lord Eldon that set a precedent affecting grammar schools throughout England.
Leeds Grammar School was founded in 1552, following the death of the Reverend William Sheafield in July of that year. Sheafield left £14 13s. 4d. in his will to maintain a schoolmaster "to teach and instruct freely for ever all such Younge Schollars Youthes and Children as shall come and resort to him from time to time to be taught instructed and informed", provided that a school house was built by the town of Leeds. The date for the foundation of the school still remains in doubt to this day, with records indicating that there was a Grammar School in Leeds as early as 1341. The school's first site is thought to have been in The Calls, by the River Aire, near the centre of the city. However, by about 1579 the school was in the New Chapel building at the head of Headingley Lane, where it remained until 1624.
In 1624 John Harrison, a great Leeds benefactor, removed 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". Harrison's school was located on North Lane, on the site of the current Grand Theatre, and opposite St John's Church. Through the years, the school grew steadily in numbers and in reputation. Harrison's building was added onto in the 1640s by a new library, thanks to the endowment of Godfrey Lawson (Mayor of Leeds, 1669–70). The Lawson Library remains with the school to this day, making it the oldest library in Leeds. It was refurbished in 2007.
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