- Dame Allan's Schools are the only schools in northeast England that follow the “diamond structure” of education, combining coed and single-sex education: boys and girls learn together in the junior school, separately between the ages of 11 and 16, and together in the sixth form. From 2026, coeducation will be extended throughout the whole school.
- Activities run after school and during lunchtimes, evenings and weekends vary from traditional sports to cultural, interest and career-focused clubs, from skating to chess, young reporters to Model UN – and even Bee Club, thanks to the school’s own hive, which was funded by the alumni society.
- Senior pupils can access sessions with on-site counsellors and learning support services. There is also a helping paw from the school’s therapy dogs. Sixth-form students are trained in listening skills so they can offer peer support to younger pupils.
- A-Level 2 Certificate in further mathematics is also available, as is the Level 3 Extended Project Qualification.
- Means-tested bursaries, worth up to 100 per cent of fees, and scholarships, offering a discount of up to 50 per cent, are awarded based on academic merit.
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