- Newcastle High School for Girls, one of the 24 independent schools within the Girls’ Day School Trust, occupies two sites less than a mile apart in the northern suburbs of Newcastle upon Tyne, one for its junior pupils and one for senior pupils. Performing arts facilities are on a separate site near the senior school.
- Formed in 2014 by the merger of two girls’ schools – Church High School and Central Newcastle High School – it provides education for approximately 650 girls. Since the merger, the school has invested £6m in its bursary programme and 15 per cent of senior school pupils are in receipt of a means-tested bursary.
- The refurbishment and expansion of the original Victorian building on Tankerville Terrace won the Lord Mayor’s special design award in 2018.
- Former pupils of the pre-merger schools include the actress Andrea Riseborough and Dr Miriam Stoppard.
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