- Dame Allan's are the only schools in northeast England that follow the “diamond structure” of education, combining co-ed and single-sex teaching: 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 school.
- Activities run during lunchtimes, evenings and weekends as well as after school and vary from sports to cultural, interest and career-focused clubs such as skating, chess, young reporters, Model UN and now even a 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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