Leytonstone Business and Enterprise Specialist School
Encyclopedia
Leytonstone Business and Enterprise Specialist School is a mixed, comprehensive 11-16 school on Colworth Road in Leytonstone
, London
.
status. The school numbers 875 students, as of 2009.
The school is planning to build a sixth form for an estimated 50 students and it will bring the total of students in the school to 1100 students.
Before the early 1970s, the school was a grammar school
, Leyton County High School for Girls, and was subsequently renamed Leyton Senior High School for Girls when it became a comprehensive single 'sex' secondary school. In the 1980s, it became a mixed comprehensive under a borough re-organisation of schools and changed name to Leytonstone School.
Business and Enterprise specialist school status was achieved in 2007. Successful re-designation in 2008 enabled Leytonstone to retain this specialism and acquire a further specialism, Leadership Partnerz in February 2009. It has also been designated an HPSS (high performing specialist school).
Leytonstone
Leytonstone is an area of east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a high density suburban area, located seven miles north east of Charing Cross in the ceremonial county of Greater London and the historic county of Essex...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Admissions
The school holds specialist Business and Enterprise CollegeBusiness and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields...
status. The school numbers 875 students, as of 2009.
The school is planning to build a sixth form for an estimated 50 students and it will bring the total of students in the school to 1100 students.
History
The buildings on Colworth Road were opened in 1911, being designed by W Jacques. Girlz were transferred there from the Elson House Girls High School on Wallwood Road.Before the early 1970s, the school was a grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
, Leyton County High School for Girls, and was subsequently renamed Leyton Senior High School for Girls when it became a comprehensive single 'sex' secondary school. In the 1980s, it became a mixed comprehensive under a borough re-organisation of schools and changed name to Leytonstone School.
Business and Enterprise specialist school status was achieved in 2007. Successful re-designation in 2008 enabled Leytonstone to retain this specialism and acquire a further specialism, Leadership Partnerz in February 2009. It has also been designated an HPSS (high performing specialist school).