New Beehive creates Buzz at Senior School

Above: Head Beekeeper and Facilities Manager at Dame Allan’s Schools, Andrew Moore  A new beehive is set to have pupils and staff at Dame Allan’s Schools abuzz, as the hive and its residents settle into their new surroundings. The beehive, which was funded by the schools’ alumni society, aims to help with environmental conservation via […]

Region’s only diamond school delivers excellent GCSE results

The region’s only school to employ the innovative diamond structure of education is celebrating another year of strong GCSE results at its single-sex Boys’ and Girls’ Schools. Dame Allan’s Schools, which teaches girls and boys separately from Years 7 to 11, saw nearly 60 per cent of all exams achieve top 9–7 grades, equivalent to […]

Regional pole vault champ reaches new heights with top grades at GCSE

SPORTY teen Martha Hewitt Chapple is celebrating a remarkable set of GCSE results in grades 9-7 at Dame Allan’s Girls’ School. The 16 year old, from Birtley, County Durham, balanced her studies with her passion for pole vaulting, training at least four hours a week and taking part in regional and national competitions throughout Year […]