BE PART OF OUR NEXT 150 YEARS –GIVE THE GIFT OF OPPORTUNITY.

Newcastle High School for Girls is built on the pioneering spirit of determined women and for nearly 150 years we have educated our pupils to be pioneers. We have recognised and nurtured talent and determination and have been instrumental in educating and forming the characters of women who have gone on to be politicians, entrepreneurs, medical pioneers and held leadership positions across hundreds of industries.

Since we opened our doors in 1876, we have made the education of girls our priority and our bursaries have made this education accessible to girls from all walks of life for nearly 150 years.

Bursaries are embedded in our history, and we are committed to the advancement of women’s rights and equality through education. Bursaries help overcome the hurdles imposed by economic circumstance and break down the barriers to achievement faced by girls and young women.

15% of the pupils in our Senior School today are in receipt of a bursary award. This far exceeds the national average across the independent school sector of just over 1.5%. It is the extraordinary generosity, foresight and understanding of our school community that makes this possible.

We are now in the 150th year of the Girls’ Day School Trust, and as we approach our own 150th anniversary in 2026, we want to highlight the significant impact bursaries have upon our pupils and how education has the power to change lives and minds.

I am delighted to send you this Philanthropy Review to thank all our alumnae and friends that have given so generously to our School and hope that it conveys how much your support is valued and appreciated and that your generosity is making a difference.

Thank you for believing in us and what we do, and thank you for believing in the amazing young women of the North East who have so much to contribute.

I hope you will join us in our efforts to build our bursary endowment and invest in the future of the North East by giving the gift of education to our next generation of talented and determined girls.

Yours sincerely

Mr Michael Tippett Head

For generations, NHSG and its predecessor schools have educated and shaped the young women of the North East, providing an inspiring and rigorous education founded on academic and sporting achievement, friendship, tolerance, compassion, social responsibility, courage, self-reliance, enthusiasm and joy.

We are immensely proud of our distinguished history and of our important contribution to the education and emancipation of women. Since our earliest foundation in 1876, we have withstood some extraordinary challenges. War, pandemics, economic depression, strikes, nuclear threat and immense social change have all been met with the adaptability, courage, kindness and resilience that have characterised our schools. We are proud of the intelligent, fearless young women we have taught, who grasped the opportunities offered to them.

These women have come from all walks of life. Since we first opened our doors, bursaries have been fundamental to the ethos of the school. Hundreds of girls since have received their education here thanks to financial assistance. Our bursary programme remains an integral part of our School today and it is our mission to continue to make this educational opportunity accessible to girls and young women with potential and determination. We want to do this for even more pupils in the future – regardless of their economic circumstances or other hurdles they may face.