St. John's Church of England Primary School, Roundhay
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St John's School is a Church of England Voluntary Aided School, situated in the north Leeds suburb of Roundhay
, West Yorkshire
, England
.
as the oldest school in the City of Leeds
draws on a long history and tradition. It
has links with St. John’s Parish Church and Roundhay Methodist
Church.
Until 1992 it was housed in a small Victorian building on Wetherby Road, flanked
by the almshouses, and in the shadow of St. John’s Church.
Roundhay
Roundhay is a large suburb and City Council ward of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, largely within the LS8 postcode. The ward boundary is the A6120 ring road on the north and the A58 Wetherby Road on the south and east. The boundary follows Gledhow Valley Road to the west before heading...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
History
Roundhay St. John’s Church of England Aided School was founded in 1837 andas the oldest school in the City of Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
draws on a long history and tradition. It
has links with St. John’s Parish Church and Roundhay Methodist
Church.
Until 1992 it was housed in a small Victorian building on Wetherby Road, flanked
by the almshouses, and in the shadow of St. John’s Church.