These photos are sure to bring the memories flooding back for generations of pupils at schools around Leeds which are now permanently closed. Playgrounds are silent and classrooms are empty with many bulldozed in the name of progress. How many do you remember? READ MORE: 61 amazing photos of Leeds high schools in the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Armley
West Leeds High School looking across Charlie Cake Park. The school opened on September 7, 1907 and was based on the design of a school in Switzerland. It closed in 2009. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Armley
First called Green Lane Board School, the site was built in 1874 and later renamed to Green Lane Council School. It closed its doors for the last time in September, 1982. It was well remembered for its rooftop playground for the girls. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Seacroft
Foxwood School was Leeds' first comprehensive. It opened as a comprehensive secondary school for boys in September, 1956. It closed in the 1990s. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Headingley
The former Leeds Girls' High School on Headingley Lane pictured in 1970. It closed in 2007 when it merged with the boys school to become the Grammar School At Leeds (GSAL), based in Alwoodley. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Hyde Park
Pupils in the playground at Queen's Road County Primary School in 1969. The school's named was changed to Royal Park Middle School in around 1972, and it later closed altogether in 2004. | Eric Jaquier Photo: Eric Jaquier
12. Belle Isle
South Leeds High School on Old Run Road in LS10. It opened in .September 2004 and closed in August 2009. | Steve Riding Photo: Steve Riding