Dame Allan’s Year 3 pupil takes podium place at UK Chess Challenge Terafinal against thecountry’s top young players after winning a British championship title weeks earlier A seven-year-old Newcastle schoolboy has secured third place in a national chess final,taking on some of the country’s strongest young players – many of whom were older thanhim. Hansen […]

A North East teenager has been crowned Britain’s best young obstacle course racer in hisage category, with his younger sister also claiming a podium finish at the nationalchampionships. Dame Allan’s Schools pupil Tommy J took first place in the 14–17 age category at theBritish OCR Youth Championships on Saturday 17 October. His sister Chloe, a […]

Dame Allan’s Schools has introduced a new academic enrichment programme designed to stretch, challenge and inspire its most academically able pupils – with Cambridge physicist and former Head Boy Professor Russell Cowburn returning to his old school to officially launch the initiative. The Cowburn Scholars programme has been established to ensure Dame Allan’s pupils with […]

As the inaugural National Cadets Week celebrates the opportunities and skills offered by youth cadet forces across the UK, Dame Allan’s pupil India R is eyeing a landmark military milestone — aiming to become the first woman in history to complete the Royal Marines Commando selection. India knows precisely where she is headed. The Sixth […]

Dame Allan’s pupil Alasdair N competed in three events at the ITF Taekwon-Do World Cup in Benidorm, Spain, last week, taking on some of the sport’s leading young athletes from around the world. Alasdair, who is in Year 11, finished 17th out of 130 in patterns, 17th out of 56 in special technique and 17th […]