Leytonstone School Explained

Leytonstone School
Type:Community school
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Jessica McQuaid
Address:Colworth Road
Location:Leytonstone
City:London
Country:England
Postcode:E11 1JD
Local Authority:Waltham Forest
Ofsted:yes
Urn:103101
Enrolment:971
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16
Website:http://www.leytonstoneschool.org/

Leytonstone School is a coeducational community secondary school located on Colworth Road in Leytonstone, London, England.[1]

Admissions

The school formerly specialised in Business and Enterprise.[2] The school numbers 971 students, as of the last Ofsted inspection of the school in 2021.[3]

History

Originally a grammar school called Leyton County High School for Girls, the buildings at the junction of Colworth Road and Forest Road on the edge of Epping Forest were opened in 1911; girls were transferred there from the private Elson House Girls High School in Wallwood Road and from the mixed Leyton and Leytonstone high schools.[4] The school was built on the site of Forest Farm and was designed in the Tudor style by William Jacques ARIBA, who was the architect for the Leyton Urban District Council.[5]

In 1968, it was renamed Leyton Senior High School for Girls when it became a comprehensive school for 14- to 18-year-old girls. In 1986, it became a mixed comprehensive under a borough re-organisation of schools and changed its name to Leytonstone School.

It achieved Business and Enterprise specialist school status in 2007. Successful re-designation in 2008 enabled Leytonstone to retain this specialism and acquire a further specialism, 'Leadership Partners' in February 2009. It has also been designated an HPSS (high performing specialist school).

Alumni

Leyton County High School for Girls

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leytonstone School - Home.
  2. News: BBC News - Education League Tables: Leytonstone Business and Enterprise Specialist School. 19 January 2006. 2009-06-27. BBC News.
  3. Web site: Ofsted: Leytonstone School. 2022-11-11.
  4. Web site: A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (London, 1973), pp. 233-240. . Powell . W R . www.british-history.ac.uk . British History Online . 30 January 2020 .
  5. Web site: Leytonstone Conservation Area . Osborne . Guy . May 2011 . walthamforest.gov.uk . London Borough of Waltham Forest . 30 January 2020 .
  6. Web site: BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs . BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs . BBC . 7 February 2020.