Allerton High School

The school was opened in 1939 as a girls' grammar school by the City of Leeds Education Committee. The school had previously been located on Harrogate Road, near Stainbeck Lane, since 1901,[http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Honour-for-former-Leeds-pupil.5274411.jp Chapel Allerton High and the school's head girls] and moved to Moor Allerton in 1939.

In the 1960s it had around 700 girls.

In 1972, boys were included in the student body and the school became a 13–18 comprehensive. It later became an 11–18 comprehensive, and in 1992 underwent a physical expansion.{{cite web

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The school moved into new buildings on 1 September 2008, and there was a formal opening by Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 28 November 2008.[http://www.leeds.gov.uk/files/Internet2007/2008/48/gordon.pdf Leeds City Council Media Release]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Prime Minister Opens Allerton High School Planning permission was granted on 30 July 2021 for the construction of four modular teaching blocks (eight classrooms vertically stacked in two pairs including associated stair pods) for temporary use over two years.Leeds City Council, Grant of Full Planning Permission, 30 July 2021, accessed via Leeds City Council's [https://publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk/online-applications/ Public Access for Planning] portal under reference no. 21/04232/FU

The school has a standard uniform, comprising a dark green V-necked top printed with the school logo, a white shirt, a green and white school tie, a dark green skirt (girls only) or black trousers (either sex), and black shoes (heels to be no higher than 5 cm) with black socks. A dark green or black headscarf may be worn.{{cite web

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The school is involved in the Excellence in Cities initiative. Its motto was formerly "In Minimis Fidelis" (Be faithful in little things){{cite web |url=https://www.leedspiano.com/dame-fanny-waterman/ |title=Dame Fanny Waterman (1920–2020) |author= |website=leedspiano.com |publisher=The Leeds International Piano Competition |access-date=27 September 2022 }} but is now "Enabling Young People To Achieve Success".{{cite web |url=https://www.allertonhigh.org.uk/prospectus/71.html |title=Allerton High School Prospectus |author= |date=2022 |publisher=Allerton High School |access-date=27 September 2022 }}

The new building includes a substantial multi-faith centre.

The school was used in 2010 for the filming of Married Single Other, making it one of a small number in Leeds to be used on television including Allerton Grange School and Foxwood School.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}

• Soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae attended in the 1990s{{cite web |last1=Lacey |first1=Hester |title=Corinne Bailey Rae: 'The hardest thing was losing my first husband when I was 29' |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2816e3da-f464-11e9-a79c-bc9acae3b654 |website=Financial Times |access-date=1 August 2024 |date=25 October 2019}} and became head girl.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
• Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White attended the school but left without any qualifications.[http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/My-Yorkshire-Marco-Pierre-White.5140581.jp Yorkshire Post] 3 April 2009{{cite web|first=Yvonne |last=Swann |url=http://www.marcopierrewhite.org/media/content/lifestyle/biography.htm |website=www.marcopierrewhite.org |title=Biography}}
• Singer/Songwriter, author and radio personality Jason Feddy attended from 1979 to 1983.

• Fanny Waterman, piano educator and concert pianist who founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (educated at Chapel Allerton High School, the predecessor),{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/21/dame-fanny-waterman-obituary |title=Dame Fanny Waterman obituary |first=Barry |last=Millington |newspaper=The Guardian |date=21 December 2020 |accessdate=31 December 2020}} and also later taught at the school on King Lane from 1943.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
• Helen Williams, director of school Curriculum and pupil well-being at the Department for Education since 2006, married to David Forrester, director from 1995 to 2001 of further education and youth training at the DfEE.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

• Allerton Grange School, situated in Moortown towards the A61

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.allertonhigh.leeds.sch.uk/images/Letters_home/allertonhigh-ofstedreport.pdf Ofsted Report]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 1 October 2008

• [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=108057 EduBase]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/features/2283825.stm Former headteacher]

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