The school has been sited at a number of locations in Leeds :
Its original location is thought to have been The Calls, by the River Aire , near the centre of the city.
In 1624, John Harrison, a great Leeds benefactor, moved the school "to a pleasant Field of his own which he surrounded with a substantial Wall and in the midst of the Quadrangle built the present Fabrick of the school"
The school was moved to a site on Woodhouse Moor in 1859. The building was designed by Edward Middleton Barry , brother of the then headmaster, Dr Alfred Barry, after whom one of the eight houses was named. This site was subsequently sold to the University Of Leeds . The buildings were re-developed and now house the Leeds University Business School.
In 1997, LGS moved to a purpose-built campus at Alwoodley Gates.
The school is planned to physically merge with Leeds Girls' High School in 2007 with Senior School remaining at it's present Alwoodley Site and Junior School moving to the former LGHS site at Headingley.
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