Westfield School, Newcastle upon Tyne

at , Newcastle upon Tyne , NE3 4HS United Kingdom

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Westfield School is an independent day school for girls aged 3 to 18 in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is a Round Square school and a member of the Girls' Schools Association.HistoryWestfield 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 PNEU 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 Sir Cecil Cochrane, was purchased for the Senior House.Westfield continued to grow rapidly throughout the 1990s. It became a member of the Round Square in 1991. In 1996 the acquisition of Ashfield Towers on Kenton Road, adjacent to Senior House, led to the relocation of Junior House allowing Westfield to offer an all through education for girls from three to eighteen on a single six acre site in the heart of Gosforth. The current school is now made up of three divisions: Junior House (which includes the "Ladybird" nursery school), Senior House and Sixth Form.

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Westfield School, Newcastle upon Tyne is Newcastle upon Tyne based place and this enity listed in School category. NE3 4HS.