This gallery celebrates the work of class teachers and headteachers at primary schools across the city during the decade. Many will be remembered with fondness for providing inspiration to achieve and an ability to bring out the best of a young mind. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature a range of familiar faces from schools in all four corners of the city. Spotted a teacher you remember? READ MORE: Photo memories of school sports teams from the 1990s YEP NEWSLETTERS: Sign up for free news and sport emails
13. Teachers in the 1990s
November 1999 and Joni McCabe teaches Jamlick Kigothe and Mercy Murungi, members of the African School Choir, to write during a 'school day' at Primrose Lane Primary in Boston Spa. The choir was on a nine month tour of Britain Photo: Claire Lim
14. Teachers in the 1990s
Diane Mann, headteacher of Tinshill Primary School, with some of her pupils in November 1999. Photo: Emma Nichols
15. Teachers in the 1990s
This is headteacher Stuart Myers of Kirkstall Primary with some of his pupils. They were celebrating in November 1999 after receiving a glowing Ofsted report. Photo: Emma Nichols
16. Teachers from the 1990s
Mount Saint Mary's Primary headteacher Martin Flannery with Year 1,2 and 4 pupils in the school playground in December 1999. They were celebrating after having been awarded £40,000 to rebuild the school. Photo: Emma Nichols
17. Teachers in the 1990s
Margaret Malloy, headteacher at Hillcrest Primary in Chapeltown, celebrates with nursery children after the school was taken off the Government's register of failing schools. Pictured in July 1999. Photo: Bruce Rollinson
18. Teachers in the 1990s
Do you remember Miss Graham? She is pictured with her Year 6 class at Middleton St Mary's Primary in March 1999. Photo: James Hardisty