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The Leys School is a co-educational private school in Cambridge, England. It is a boarding and day school for about 574 pupils between the ages of eleven and eighteen, and the head is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
The Leys was founded in 1875, a time when a large number of schools were founded, especially by the churches. Whilst there were already several leading schools providing an education for the sons of Ministers, Methodists were asking for schools for the sons of lay members.
The Leys is the leading co-educational boarding and day school in Cambridge. Located in the centre of the university city of Cambridge, we are ideally placed to have such a vibrant, historic and cultural city at our pupils’ doorstep.
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The Leys is the leading co-educational boarding and day school in Cambridge.
Explore The Leys. The Leys sits on a 50-acre site, and alongside state-of-the-art teaching rooms, includes 11 Houses and extensive sporting facilities. In addition to the main site pictured below, there are also additional sporting facilities at Latham Road in walking distance of the School.
‘founded by Methodists in 1875, The Leys is Cambridgeshire’s chief expression of public school architectural tradition. But at the heart is a villa built probably in 1815 (now Headmaster’s House) .’
View location on Google Maps. Description. Arcade of six blind cinquefoil-headed lights divided in the centre by a canopied niche containing a statue of St George bearing a standard. The outermost two lights each contain a list of names with the dates of the Second World War beneath.
