my neice is @ the new gateshead and really loves it. put it this way, she said she was not going to “change” or be “brainwashed”, but within a week she was telling her mom how amazing the teachers are and the head is so nice and how she is going to do whatever they say! In terms of curriculum, I think the major diff is that they offer classes for other “career” choices, like hair/sheital, childcare etc–it is not just for teachers. and it is smaller. it is for a slightly different crowd still bais yaakov all the way, but maybe not the most academic.