Sir John Lawes School

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Sir John Lawes School
Address
Manland Way Harpenden , Hertfordshire , AL5 4QP United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°49′21″N 0°20′45″W / 51.82240°N 0.34596°W / 51.82240; -0.34596
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Education for a Changing World
Established	1850 (as the Harpenden British School) 1939 (refounded as the Manland Common Senior Elementary School)
Founder	Sir John Bennett Lawes
Department for Education URN	137270 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Philip Newbery
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1334
Houses	Austen   Britten   Hepworth   King   Lawes   Newton   Ryder
Colour(s)	Navy, Light Blue, Gold
Website	http://www.sjl.herts.sch.uk

Sir John Lawes School (also known as SJL for short) is a mixed state secondary school with academy status in Harpenden, United Kingdom. The school has close links to two other local secondary schools, Roundwood Park School and St George's School, and to the neighbouring Manland Primary School, and is active in the community and abroad.