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Great facilities in a lovely leafy environment, impressive co-curricular options that keep everyone busy and challenged, all wrapped up in a rock solid ethos about enabling girls to become confident young women in a modern world. Strong curriculum and highly qualified specialist staff ensure exceptional preparation for senior school.
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 230 ·
- Religion
- Non-denom
- Fees
- £6,378 - £14,183 pa
- Local authority
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
- Linked schools
Headteacher
Head
Mrs Amanda Hardie
Since 2020, Amanda Hardie. Read theology at Oxford, followed by a PGCE from Durham. Has spent all her teaching career here, first at Church High before it merged with Central Newcastle Girls High in 2014 and then as director of studies followed by
Entrance
For nursery and reception there is a 30 minute assessment in verbal and practical activities. Years 1 to 6 spend a day in school as part of which they will be assessed in reading, writing, spelling and mathematics. Years 5 and 6 also have an
- Open days
- October
Exit
Almost all move on to Newcastle High School for Girls senior school. Despite the senior school’s rigorous entrance procedure parents we spoke to were all confident about smooth progression. Several said that if there were any doubts of a girl’s
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Pupils
Money matters
Additional fees for after school care and the Seahorse holiday club.
- Fee information
- £6,378 - £14,183 pa
Our view
All the parents we spoke to used the same phrase, ‘She skips to school,' and it’s easy to see why. Housed in the buildings of the former Central High School for Girls, a John Dobson designed grand Victorian residence with a modern teaching block
The last word
Great facilities in a lovely leafy environment, impressive co-curricular options that keep everyone busy and challenged, all wrapped up in a rock solid ethos about enabling girls to become confident young women in a modern world. Strong curriculum
