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March 3, 2023

Fryer celebrates its 100th Birthday +

Fryer House, nestled at the top of the Park, is one of the most loved buildings on site; generations of Old Leightonians have passed through its wood-floored corridors. The building … Read More +

November 3, 2020

Penroses on the Park +

The award of the Nobel Prize in Physics to Sir Roger Penrose has rightly made headlines: at Leighton Park, we have extra special reasons to be thrilled, having a long … Read More +

Old black and white photo of two men, one looking into a microscope
March 20, 2020

Blast from the Past +

Leighton Park’s Archives teem with stories of various crises in the school’s 130 year history, with examples of amazing dedication and sense of community, tragedies but also some episodes that … Read More +

View of the old Annexe and Fives Courts
January 31, 2020

Recognising Architect Alfred Waterhouse +

Did you know that the Architect of the glorious Natural History Museum in London and Reading’s red-brick Town Hall also designed Leighton Park’s Grove House and “The Annexe” to the … Read More +

Peckover linocut Leighton Park
December 17, 2019

Reviving the 1949 School Christmas card +

Imagine the delight of the staff in the Alumni Office to open a parcel and discover a collection of beautiful artwork created by Old Leightonian Michael Plunkett while he was … Read More +

Black and White portrait of former Head of Grove Nigel Calkin
June 4, 2019

75 Years On: Remembering LP’s D Day Fallen +

As the world reflects on the sacrifices and heroism witnessed on the Normandy beaches 75 years ago, a chance to reflect on two Old Leightonians who also lost their lives … Read More +

John from the Leighton Park’s Archives team holds up an old book
November 22, 2018

A Pick of the Archives +

Joining in with  “Explore your Archives” week, a national spotlight on historical treasures, Leighton Park’s Archives team presented “A Pick of the Archives”. The audience of parents, former parents and Old Leightonians … Read More +

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