Newcastle High School for Girls

Private day school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Newcastle High School for Girls

Address

Tankerville Terrace

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE2 3BA

England

Coordinates| 54°59′3″N 1°36′24″W﻿ / ﻿54.98417°N 1.60667°W﻿ / 54.98417; -1.60667
Information
Type| Private day school
Established| 2014
Local authority| Newcastle upon Tyne
Department for Education URN| 108538 Tables
Head| Amanda Hardie
Gender| Girls
Age| 3 to 18
Enrolment| 970
Colour(s)| Teal
Website| http://www.newcastlehigh.gdst.net

Newcastle High School for Girls is a private day school for girls aged 3–18 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The Junior School is at Sandyford Park and the Senior School is located in the neighbouring suburb of Jesmond.

The school was formed in September 2014 by the merger of Central Newcastle High School and Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School.[1] It is operated by the Girls' Day School Trust, an organisation which ran one of the predecessor schools, Central Newcastle High, pre-merger.[2]

## History

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Newcastle High School for Girls was formed by the merger of the predecessor single-sex girls' schools, Church High School and Central Newcastle High School in 2014.[3]

In 1876 when the Girls' Public Day School Trust (GDST) founded Gateshead High School. Mary Moberly became the head teacher in Gateshead in 1891 and she moved to Newcastle in 1895. There had previously been a preparatory school in Newcastle but this was expanded and it was renamed to be the Central Newcastle High School. The GDST school in Gateshead continued until it was merged into Newcastle in 1907. Moberly retired in 1911.[4]

In 1884, The Church Schools' Company decided to open a private girls' school in the North East which focused on a church-based learning environment. A high school for girls in Newcastle was established in 1885 and opened with 59 pupils. A new association was formed in 1925, and the school was renamed The Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School.[citation needed]

In 2016, the school moved to new facilities on Tankerville Terrace which incorporated the former Church High building and a new purpose-built 3,625 square metres (39,020 square feet) three-storey block.[5]

The headmistress responsible for the move to the new facilities, Hilary French was dismissed from her post on 16 June 2018, following an investigation into her conduct where it was alleged that she had made dishonest expenses claims. She was arrested by Northumbria Police on 20 June 2018, interviewed and released pending further enquiries.[6] In February 2019, a Northumbria Police spokesperson said that there was no update on the investigation into Hilary French.[7] She was succeeded by Michael Tippet.[8]

The new facilities on Tankerville Terrace opened in September 2016

## Curriculum

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Newcastle High School for Girls ranks in the top five independent schools in North East England and top 10 nationally.[9][10][11]

## The Prime Minister's Global Fellowship

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Two Central Newcastle High School students attainined places on the Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme. The school achieved its first student in the inaugural year of the programme, 2008, and in 2009 had another successful applicant.[12]

## Notable former pupils

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* Andrea Riseborough (born 1981), actress (educated at Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School)
* Lucy Akhurst (born 1975), actress, writer and director. (educated at Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School)
* Ruth Caleb (born 1942), film and television producer. (educated at Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School)
* Angela Milner, (died 2021) Assistant Keeper of Paleontology, Natural History Museum, London (educated at Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School)
* Ursula Dronke (1920–2012), Medievalist and Professor of Old Norse Studies (educated at Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School)
* Dame Irene Ward, (1895–1980), British politician. (educated at Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School)
* Ann McMullan (1923–2006), director of the Electrical Association for Women (educated at Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School)
* Esther McCracken (1902–1971), playwright and actress
* Miriam Stoppard (born 1937), doctor and author
* Laila Zaidi (born 1993), actress
* L Devine, Singer

## References

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1. ^ "History of Newcastle High School for Girls".
2. ^ "Merger of Central Newcastle High GDST and Newcastle upon Tyne Church High". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
3. ^ "League tables 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2014.
4. ^ Harrop, Sylvia (23 September 2004). Moberly, Mary (1853–1940), headmistress. Vol. 1\. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51756.
5. ^ "Take a look around new multi-million pound Jesmond campus at Newcastle High School for Girls".
6. ^ "Headmistress of leading girls' school sacked as police open a fraud probe into her expenses claims".
7. ^ "NHSG new head teacher wants "period of stability"". JESMONDLOCAL. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
8. ^ "About Our School – Newcastle High School for Girls". newcastlehigh.gdst.net. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
9. ^ "Jesmond school rate 'outstanding' by report". Evening Chronicle. 17 May 2011.
10. ^ "North schools make the grade in latest tables". The Journal. 3 September 2011.
11. ^ "North's independent schools get ranking". The Northern Echo. 17 November 2003.
12. ^ British Council website "Fellows" Archived 12 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 November 2009.

## Other sources

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* A.C. and F.M., The Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School Jubilee History 1885-1935, Andrew Reid & Company Limited, 1935.
* Helen G. Scott & Elizabeth A. Wise, The Centenary Book of the Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School 1885-1985, 1985.
* Carter, Oliver; Girls' Public Day School Trust (1955). History of Gateshead High School 1876–1907 and Central Newcastle High School 1895–1955. G.F. Laybourne.
* 2007 ISI Inspection Report

## External links

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* School website
* Newcastle Church High School Heritage website
* Profile on GDST website
* Profile on Girls' Schools Association website

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