 | And the next President of the United States is...... Just two weeks before the elections for the 44th President of the United States take place, there was an equally intense and intriguing debate at Dame Allan’s. more>> |
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 | A* stars all round for girls Four pupils at Dame Allan’s Girls’ School are celebrating straight A* GCSE passes today. more>> |
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 | A* stars all round for boys Five pupils at Dame Allan’s Boys’ School are celebrating nine A* GCSE passes today. more>> |
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| GCSE lift off Dame Allan’s Girls’ School pupil Aine O’Brien’s ambition for a career in space had a perfect launch today with a superb set of GCSE results. more>> |
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| Straight As for Ponteland girl Mel Xu from Darras Hall is celebrating achieving straight As in her A levels. more>> |
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| Straight As for Tyne Valley girl Katie Cochrane from Stocksfield is celebrating achieving straight As in her A levels. more>> |
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| Top marks for her birthday A Newcastle schoolgirl celebrated her 18th birthday today with top marks in her A Level exams. more>> |
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 | National accolade for dancers Pupils from the Schools’ Vizavis Dance Company have been selected to dance at Youth Dance England's National Dance Festival to be held on London’s South Bank. More>> |
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| Eleanor takes up umpiring challenge A Dame Allan’s schoolgirl’s talent for hockey has achieved national recognition – as an umpire. more >> |
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 | Award winning author David Almond inspires pupils Award winning author David Almond inspired a new generation of writers when he held two workshops for pupils at a Newcastle school this week. more>> |
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 | Paul Mooney opens garden good enough to eat! BBC weatherman Paul Mooney literally enjoyed the fruits of the pupils’ labours when he officially opened the garden at Dame Allan’s Junior School at Forest Hall. more>> |
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| National responsibility for Katie Katie Strong has been appointed to a leading role with human rights organisation Amnesty International. more>> |
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 | Children ask for food for thought in garden makeover The pupils at Dame Allan’s Juniors Forest Hall have begun a spectacular makeover of their school garden and plan to eat some of their work next term. more>> |
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 | Children chatter for charity It’s not often that teachers tell their pupils to start chattering – but that’s exactly what happened at Dame Allan’s Juniors at Forest Hall last week. more>> |
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 | National swimming finalists Five young swimmers have won their way through to the National Finals of the English Schools Swimming Relay Championships. more>> |
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| National success for Rachel Rachel Denton ran an exceptional race in the English Schools Athletics Association Cross Country Cup final to take third place in this national championship. more>>l |
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 | Youngsters sing for their supper This year youngsters from Dame Allan’s Juniors at Forest Hall enjoyed a taste of luxury when they entertained guests at Jesmond Dene House Hotel this week. more>> |
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 | Institute of Physics awards for two Old Allanians Two former Dame Allan’s Boys’ School pupils have received prestigious Institute of Physics awards for 2008 and were back at their old school to celebrate this week. more>> |
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 | First for local skiers Four girls from Dame Allan’s Girls’ School have won their way through to the national finals of the English Schools Ski Association Championships. more>> |
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 | European conference hosted by Dame Allan's Schools French resistance heroes and European veterans of World War Two are meeting over 120 young people from schools across Europe at a Newcastle school this week. more>> |
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 | Top marks at Dame Allan's In a year when Dame Allan’s Girls’ School achieved their best ever GCSE results, three pupils have achieved the remarkable feat of scoring one of the top five marks in the country in their modern language GCSE exams.
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| Top marks for Dame Allan's pupil Miriam Cantwell from Gosforth is today celebrating achieving one of the top five marks in the country awarded for History A Level. more>> |
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 | High Fives trio Three pupils are celebrating the remarkable feat of five straight A passes in their A level exams this year – and the coincidence continues as they are all going on to study at Cambridge University. more>> |
