Siblings enjoy Strong exam results
EXAM success runs in the Strong family as siblings Maria and Alex celebrated top results. A week after Maria achieved three A*s in her A Levels, younger brother Alex received straight 8 and 9 grades in his GCSEs at Newcastle’s Dame Allan’s Schools. Alex’s achievements are made the more remarkable as his revision schedule was […]
Top performing students at Dame Allan’s
STUDENTS at Dame Allan’s Schools are among a small handful across the country who received the highest grades at GCSE. Whilst nationally just over 700 pupils gained the highest grade of 9 in all subjects, Geordie Cheetham, Jonathon MacDonald and Beau Bissett Cooke made it onto the list from the Newcastle schools. Rhiannon Zhao was […]
Head students rise to the challenge
BOTH the Head Boy and Head Girl at Dame Allan’s Schools were celebrating achieving straight As as they picked up their A Levels results. All the hard work and endless hours of revision paid off for Jack Chrisp and Maria Strong as they gained top results at the Newcastle school. Maria, of Fenham, gained three […]
Olympic hero impressed with Schools’ new look
TEAM GB’s Olympic hockey hero Hollie Pearne-Webb gave the thumbs up to pupils at Dame Allan’s Schools as they strutted their stuff on the catwalk. The defender who struck the winning penalty in the shoot out to secure gold for GB in the Rio Olympics 2016 visited pupils at the Newcastle school as they modelled […]
Forward thinking Head always had the Edge
THE legacy of founding head teacher Andrew Edge will always be a prominent feature at Dame Allan’s Junior School and Nursery after a brand new yurt was dedicated to him to mark his retirement. It was Mr Edge’s vision to educate Junior School children in one building and his dream was realised in 2012 when […]
Smart ideas in pupil-led Council
ECO-FRIENDLY children have reduced the amount of plastic used in their school after signing up to a national initiative aimed at giving ‘every child a voice’. Dame Allan’s Junior School, in Spital Tongues, has become the first in Newcastle to form a Smart School Council, which aims to provide every pupil with the opportunity to […]
Swimmer Cooks up a storm of inspiration
Olympic swimmer Chris Cook delivered words of inspiration to sporting youngsters at Dame Allan’s Schools. Cook, who won double gold in the 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, was invited to hand out the trophies at Dame Allan’s Sports Awards Evening at Newcastle Falcons Rugby Club’s Kingston Park […]
Professors inspire new wave of scientists
THE ground breaking development of the controversial ‘three parent baby’ technique was the hot topic as three notable professors from the North East inspired the next generation of scientists at Dame Allan’s Schools. Professor Robert McFarland’s pioneering studies into Mitochondrial Donation, an IVF technique using genetic materials from three people to give families affected by […]
Tom Hudson
Former head boy Thomas Hudson was top of the class when he achieved the highest mark worldwide in his recent accountancy exam. Thomas, who attended Dame Allan’s for 10 years until 2012, scored 97 per cent in the ACA professional level Business Planning: Insurance exam, the highest mark recorded with students in countries such as […]
Have yurtself a merry little Christmas
Everyone knows that December is a busy month for Father Christmas, however he found time out of his busy schedule to officially open a yurt at Dame Allan’s Junior School and meet with every child in the school. The yurt is a new addition to Dame Allan’s and will add to the thriving outdoor education […]