- The Catholic ethos and all-girl environment combine to enable pupils to aim high and reach their full potential. The Newcastle school’s specialism in performing arts means that students have access to fabulous facilities for music, dance and drama.
- The school actively encourages girls to develop a love of science subjects and to pursue career opportunities in Stem fields.
- There are plenty of sporting opportunities and extracurricular activities at lunchtime as well as before or after school. Ceramics, robotics, trampolining and space are just some of the options. Groups travel to Kenya, Iceland and Morocco, often to support charitable causes, during their school years.
- Sacred Heart has a cockapoo named Tilly who comes in to school once or twice a week and acts as a “reading dog” companion and makes class visits.
- Three Labour MPs in the northeast of England are former pupils: Emma Foody (Cramlington & Killingworth); Mary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend) and Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North).
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