North East Education News

Issue 62

However, as we embrace the new academic year, one Newcastle school is feeling confident in its ability to adapt to any new challenges that Covid-19 might throw its way. Staff at Newcastle High School for Girls (NHSG), an independent school that prides itself on delivering an outstanding all-girls’ learning and teaching programme, found lockdown an education in its own right. In autumn 2019, NHSG launched a brand new tech programme designed to create dynamic and flexible educational opportunities for its pupils. When the Government announced, just six months later, that all schools would be temporarily closing, the IT infrastructure and the staff training that were already in place proved invaluable. Michael Tippett, Head, NHSG, said: “With the majority of pupils required to remain at home during the spring and summer, we were determined to find a way to deliver excellent live teaching remotely. Because the infrastructure was already in place…