Dame Allan’s Junior School, Newcastle upon Tyne

Dame Allan’s Junior School
Hunter's Road
Spital Tongues
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4NG
Head: Geoff Laidler
T 01912 246770
F 01912 751502
E [email protected]
W www.dameallans.co.uk
A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 3 to 11 with a linked senior school
Boarding: No
Local authority: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Pupils: 310
Religion: Not Applicable
Fees: £7,668 - £10,047 pa
Open days: October/November
Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
ISI report: View the ISI report
Linked schools: Dame Allan’s Schools

What The Good Schools Guide says..

Children seem happy, at ease and confident in their environment. Assemblies for reception upwards; taking part in the birthday hat celebration and being serenaded by the audience delighted the older children – and a teacher as well. Thought-provoking moral message in the ad hoc adaptation of a well-known children’s tale to the extreme climatic events on the day we visited...

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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.

What The Good Schools Guide says

Head of junior school

Since September 2018, Geoff Laidler, previously head of St Agnes Catholic Primary School in Crawcrook.

Entrance

Pupils may start in school nursery at age 3 after a taster session; informal assessment for entry to reception at age 4. Standardised tests in reading, mathematics and non-verbal reasoning from year 2 on.

Main feeder schools are West Jesmond, Newcastle Prep School, Gosforth Schools and Ponteland Middle School. Pupils mainly from Morpeth, Ponteland, Gosforth and Jesmond. Transport provided by parent-run school buses, a shuttle to senior school site in Fenham for onward travel on school transport, often with older siblings.

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