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

19. October 2006
Opera North visited John Smeaton. Left to right, Leanne Cook, Kirsty Dale, Jordan Reith, Katherine Gould (private partner for Yorkshire Bank's Financial Solutions Centre) Tom Waterson, Dillan Woods and Bethany Quigley. | other Photo: Simon Dewhurst

20. January 2007
Head teacher John Daulby chats to students Emma Walls Kendal Sorren, Ashley Barker, Joe Sapcote and Daniel Dean about the school's Ofsted results. | jpimedia Photo: Tony Johnson

21. January 2007
Year 11 pupils produced a documentary on D-Day. Pictured, from left, Anni Bilbey, Amy Dickinson and Bethany Clark. | jpimedia Photo: Sarah Washbourn

22. October 2001
Assistant leader Katie Scott (front left) works with students at the East Leeds Youth Theatre based at John Smeaton. | jpimedia Photo: Tony Johnson

23. 2000s
Year 11 pupils practiced their French after the school whisked them away on a magical trip to EuroDisney. | other

24. January 2007
This is the library at the new look John Smeaton in the mid-2000s. | jpimedia Photo: Sarah Washbourn

