Historic churches · North East England
Newcastle High School for Girls
Newcastle High School for Girls in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Newcastle High School for Girls is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Newcastle High School for Girls is a private day school for girls aged 3–18 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The Junior School is at Sandyford Park and the Senior School is located in the neighbouring suburb of Jesmond. The school was formed in September 2014 by the merger of Central Newcastle High School and Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School. It is operated by the Girls' Day School Trust, an organisation which ran one of the predecessor schools, Central Newcastle High, pre-merger.
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Background
History
Newcastle High School for Girls was formed by the merger of the predecessor single-sex girls' schools, Church High School and Central Newcastle High School in 2014. In 1876 when the Girls' Public Day School Trust (GDST) founded Gateshead High School. Mary Moberly became the head teacher in Gateshead in 1891 and she moved to Newcastle in 1895. There had previously been a preparatory school in Newcastle but this was expanded and it was renamed to be the Central Newcastle High School. The GDST school in Gateshead continued until it was merged into Newcastle in 1907. Moberly retired in 1911. In 1884, The Church Schools' Company decided to open a private girls' school in the North East which…
Description
Two Central Newcastle High School students attainined places on the Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme. The school achieved its first student in the inaugural year of the programme, 2008, and in 2009 had another successful applicant.
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- Coordinates
- 54.9842, -1.6067
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE2 4DH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Established
- 1895
- Official site
- www.newcastlehigh.gdst.net
Sources
- wikidata: Q5061517 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Newcastle High School for Girls (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Newcastle High School for Girls?
- Newcastle High School for Girls is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE2 4DH), in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area.
- When was Newcastle High School for Girls built?
- Built or established in 1895.
- Is Newcastle High School for Girls free to visit?
- Yes, Newcastle High School for Girls is free to enter.
- How do I get to Newcastle High School for Girls?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE2 4DH. It sits within the Newcastle upon Tyne North parliamentary constituency.