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Westfield School
Westfield School in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- 1 h–2 h
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Westfield 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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Westfield School is a private day school for girls aged 3 to 19 in Gosforth, and boys 3 to 11 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is a Round Square school and a member of the Girls' Schools Association.
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Background
History
Westfield School was founded in 1960 by a group of parents who saw the need for a new type of girls' independent school with a broader curriculum than those offered at the time by other Newcastle schools. They decided to establish a girls' school on the Gordonstoun model. Henry Brereton, a former Headmaster of Gordonstoun, was a founder trustee consultant and an adviser from the beginning. He remained a Governor of Westfield after retirement from Gordonstoun. Miss Ellen Bicknell's Parents' National Education Union School, situated at 1 and 3 Westfield Grove, Gosforth, was purchased and became the Junior House. Demand for places grew rapidly. Within a year Oakfield House, the former home of…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9990, -1.6300
- Address
- Oakfield Road
- Established
- 1957
- Official site
- www.westfield.newcastle.sch.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7988741 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Westfield School, Newcastle upon Tyne (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Westfield School?
- Westfield School is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9990°, -1.6300°.
- When was Westfield School built?
- Westfield School dates to 1957.