Dame Allan’s Junior School A GSG School
- 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 enquiries@dameallans.co.uk
- 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: £11,920 - £12,999 pa
- Open days: September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Dame Allan’s Schools
What The Good Schools Guide says..
From the front, what appears to be a Comic Relief style red nose bulging out of the first floor is actually the library – gives reading for fun a new slant. The entrance hall holds a tile display where every child has a handprint – a sense of community and belonging. Pupils felt ‘work can be difficult but once you get into it can be relaxing’. Staff ‘won’t give you the answers, they help you.’ Rehearsals for end of term production of Aladdin in the John Hind Hall were in full flow for year 6. One of our guides leapt onto the stage and seamlessly sang her heart out as the genie and then jumped back down to continue the tour. Didn’t miss a beat - one to watch...
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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. Music degree from Durham; PGCE from Northumbria. Had spells at local state primaries including Rowlands Gill Primary and Gateshead – as well as headships at St John Boste, Washington and St Agnes’ Catholic Primary, Crawcrook - before taking up the reins here. He, like his wife, attended the school. Both their children are in senior school.
On the academic front, he emphasises the importance of cross-curricular; when it comes to extracurricular, he is most proud of building the capacity for sport - ‘Sport for all’ is his mantra. Prioritises building confidence in children and says he likes to ‘connect’ with them, listening to their opinions - changes to toilets and provision of water fountains have resulted recently. Pupils say he is ‘really...
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