Ellis Williams have been awarded the Lord Mayor’s Special Award for Newcastle High School for Girls. The Lord Mayor, Councillor Linda Wright, was particularly impressed with the investment in the education of the city’s children demonstrated by the scheme. The combination of works to the existing school and the addition of the exciting new building has created a new learning environment whilst maintaining an historic link with the school’s past.
At the same ceremony the school was a commended finalist in the new building category, the judges describing it as an ambitious school project providing modern facilities in a sensitive manner within the conservation area.