School Summary

Horsforth School


Boys: 773
Girls: 722
Total Pupils: 1495
Opened: 01-01-2012
Ofsted: Good
Headteacher: Paul Bell
Horsforth School
Lee Lane East
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS18 5RF
Telephone: 01132265454
Website: http://www.horsforthschool.org

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HeadFirstName: Paul
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StatutoryHighAge: 18
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Street: Lee Lane East
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Town: Leeds
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Horsforth is a great school with a lot of great teachers. Anyone who was \"forced\" to take resits either didn't try hard enough the first time round, got unlucky in exams (which is no fault of the teachers or the school) or didn't care about going to a good University. To imply that students were \"forced\" to retake A-levels is the school's fault is absolutely ridiculous.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Horsforth is a great school with a lot of great teachers. Anyone who was \"forced\" to take resits either didn't try hard enough the first time round, got unlucky in exams (which is no fault of the teachers or the school) or didn't care about going to a good University. To imply that students were \"forced\" to retake A-levels is the school's fault is absolutely ridiculous.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Jake Higgins","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/108424469781340160362\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjU-9FRnr1wgzNy4YEASteSqjKpdU4gP6D2upIX4ejxslpI=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-11-24T13:17:06Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"A school that cares more about keeping its ratings and pumping out A* grade students rather than making sure their pupils are happy and ready to actually go out and face the world. My years here were honestly the worst of my life with teachers turning a blind eye to bullying, setting unrealistic standards on pupils to keep up to and then ignoring them if they can't keep up with them favouring pupils that will make them look better in public. I'm glad the rating system for schools has finally changed revealing this moving it down to 14th best school in Leeds. I hope this fact will stop tricking people into thinking this is a good school like it did for me. I was lucky to make it out of there with a quality university (all off of my own back) but most of my friends have been forced to retake their Alevels or end up in low quality universities (note some of my friends were actually very gifted). Needless to say do not send your children here ","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"A school that cares more about keeping its ratings and pumping out A* grade students rather than making sure their pupils are happy and ready to actually go out and face the world. My years here were honestly the worst of my life with teachers turning a blind eye to bullying, setting unrealistic standards on pupils to keep up to and then ignoring them if they can't keep up with them favouring pupils that will make them look better in public. I'm glad the rating system for schools has finally changed revealing this moving it down to 14th best school in Leeds. I hope this fact will stop tricking people into thinking this is a good school like it did for me. I was lucky to make it out of there with a quality university (all off of my own back) but most of my friends have been forced to retake their Alevels or end up in low quality universities (note some of my friends were actually very gifted). Needless to say do not send your children here ","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Jae Macpherson","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/108312382542935343503\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJ0kLK0KKCQ0g-2eq8BIkLSMp-Oi6yspA4mXt35c5gi=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-01-19T20:56:43Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Both my children attend\/ed this school, I wouldn't have it any other way. Brilliant school and I'm proud my kids were and are part of it.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Both my children attend\/ed this school, I wouldn't have it any other way. Brilliant school and I'm proud my kids were and are part of it.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"carla cathro","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/112831311320475795773\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJrknDvef699zOPvjc9xAXM4Y1UCb-cXE1YEH60SH3e=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2018-01-17T07:36:16Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"This is a great school which offers weekend facilities to the community including outdoor all weather pitches.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This is a great school which offers weekend facilities to the community including outdoor all weather pitches.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Cliff Parker","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/110409733106598406859\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJow15SegJ_BlCPR6fIEWhTq7ynHVzntLSfGFTnG-Y4=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba4"},"publishTime":"2017-04-17T21:46:00Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Horsforth school is a good school. And the staff are very supportive for your future.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Horsforth school is a good school. And the staff are very supportive for your future.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Niamh Parsons","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/109335379360364383997\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjW6BymJqfubDJFfG1WnCXuY6X2ZQqLMFZgYe47qumjm_xI=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2018-06-16T11:21:19Z"}]