Thousands of pupils have been educated at the school on Smeaton Approach through the years. Were you one of them? We hope these photos plucked from the YEP archive spark some memories of growing up. READ MORE: Go inside the Corn Exchange during the 1990s and 2000s | 20 long-gone Leeds nightclubs we haven't forgotten LOVE LEEDS LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group
![The caption in the YEP archive reads: "The new John Smeaton Comprehensive School which will eventually provide 1,700 new school places."](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTEzOTMxMzYy.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. September 1968
The caption in the YEP archive reads: "The new John Smeaton Comprehensive School which will eventually provide 1,700 new school places."
![Did you go to John Smeaton in the mid-1970s?](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTEzOTMxMzY1.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Were you a pupil here at the end of the 1980s?](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTEzOTMxMzY2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![The start of another school day in the mid-1970s.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTEzOTMxMzY3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![PC Dave Schofield, youth services officer at Killingbeck Police Station, about 'lifestyles', a scheme designed to keep youngsters away from drugs.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTEzOTMyNjEz.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. May 1996
PC Dave Schofield, youth services officer at Killingbeck Police Station, about 'lifestyles', a scheme designed to keep youngsters away from drugs. Photo: Peter Thacker
![These pupils and their teacher took part in an outward bound activity week in the Scottish Highlands. They are, from left, Laura Fulleylove, Christopher Musgrave, teacher Colin Breckenridge, Rebecca Rogers, and Martin Lumb.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTEzOTMyNjE0.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. May 1997
These pupils and their teacher took part in an outward bound activity week in the Scottish Highlands. They are, from left, Laura Fulleylove, Christopher Musgrave, teacher Colin Breckenridge, Rebecca Rogers, and Martin Lumb. Photo: Mark Bickerdike