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Dame Allan's School
Dame Allan's School in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
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Dame Allan's School 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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Dame Allan's Schools is a collection of private day schools in Fenham, in the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It comprises a Junior School, Senior School and a Sixth Form. Founded in 1705 as a charity, the original schools are two of the oldest schools in the city. It was originally founded to provide education for "40 poor boys and 20 poor girls of the parishes of St Nicholas and St John" and now charges £5,607 per term (Junior School) and £6,901 per term (Secondary School and Sixth Form) for pupils to attend. Scholarships of up to 50% are available on the basis of academic merit, and bursaries of up to 100% are available on the basis of academic merit and financial need.
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Background
History
.]] They were founded by Dame Eleanor Allan, the daughter of a local goldsmith and the widow of a tobacco merchant, to provide a proper education for "40 poor boys and 20 poor girls of the parishes of St Nicholas and St John". The schools were endowed with land at Wallsend, to the east of Newcastle. The original school seems likely to have been near St Nicholas's Church, and certainly was by 1778. It moved to Manor Chare near All Saints' Church in 1786, to Carliol Square in 1821, to Rosemary Lane off Pudding Chare in 1861, and to Hanover Square in 1875. In 1994, an early day motion was brought before the UK Parliament citing incidences of racially motivated bullying at the school. In 2022,…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9820, -1.6520
- Address
- Fowberry Crescent
- Established
- 1705
- Official site
- www.dameallans.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5212122 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dame Allan's School (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dame Allan's School?
- Dame Allan's School is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9820°, -1.6520°.
- When was Dame Allan's School built?
- Dame Allan's School dates to 1705.