News
GDST Alumna of the Year 2024: An evening of celebration
Over 70 GDST alumnae, staff, parents, and donors come together for the Alumna of the Year 2024 Award Presentation and festive celebration.
How the GDST is empowering schools everywhere to review and enhance the quality of girls’ education
A word from our Chief Executive — why education is the driving force and beating heart of our mission at GDST as we prepare girls to take their rightful place as future leaders and changemakers.
Weaving the green thread at GDST schools
As the curtain falls on this year’s COP29, sustainability remains a major priority for GDST, and our schools, and our united mission is to deliver Net Zero by 2050.
Wimbledon High School hosts ICGS Educating Girls Symposium
The GDST and Wimbledon High were delighted to welcome over 200 education leaders, teachers and advocates of girls’ education to celebrate the power of girls and girls’ schools.
Building Connections: GDST Alumnae Meet in Bristol
On Thursday, 7th November, we hosted a group of alumnae who registered from schools across the GDST network at the…
Events
Inspire North creates a buzz
By GDSTYear 10 students from six GDST schools and academies met for a day of networking and sharing, and looking forward to their own successful futures.
GDST girls explore space with Tim Peake
Junior space explorers and engineers from across the GDST gathered together at the STEM centre at Brunel University
GDST Science of Colour
By GDSTYear 5 students from the GDST’s family of schools across England and Wales attend The Royal Institution to explore the ‘science of colour’.
Tech Pioneers: Artificial Intelligence
By GDSTArtificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way we live and work and it is here to stay. The GDST techathon event taking teenage students through the ever-changing tech landscape.
Interviews
Making positive changes for girls’ futures
To mark International Day of the Girl 2024 we hosted an Inspiring Female Changemakers event with GDST students and alumnae and explored the IDG theme: Girls’ Vision for the Future.
How I attained a commercial pilot’s licence at 20
The GDST’s 2023 Trailblazer of the Year shares some of the rules she’s lived by, that have taken her so far, so quickly, in her career.
In Conversation With Shrewsbury High School alumna Emilie Weaving
A conversation between Shrewsbury High School Head and alumna Emilie Weaving about all things mechanical engineering, motorbikes, and more.
How to Empower Girls — Cheryl Giovannoni on the The Ben Morton Leadership Podcast
Cheryl Giovannoni joins Ben Morton’s podcast to discuss her role as GDST’s Chief Executive and the importance of empowering girls in education and leadership.
GDST Book Club
When the Adults Change, Everything Changes
GDST Book Club | A practical guide, liberally sprinkled with illustrative case studies and anecdotes, to help schools change ingrained, undesirable behaviours from students.
Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me
Poet, novelist and teacher Kate Clanchy tells her story, and the stories of the children she has met, taught and encouraged, over a 30-year teaching period.
GDST Book Club: Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
By Amy IckeAmy Icke, Online Learning and Innovation Manager at GDST, reviews Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
GDST Book Club: Educated by Tara Westover
By Dr Kevin StannardKevin Stannard, Director of Innovation and Learning at the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) reviews Educated by Tara Westover, the latest review in our monthly book club series.
A view on educational matters
How the GDST is empowering schools everywhere to review and enhance the quality of girls’ education
A word from our Chief Executive — why education is the driving force and beating heart of our mission at GDST as we prepare girls to take their rightful place as future leaders and changemakers.
Wimbledon High School hosts ICGS Educating Girls Symposium
The GDST and Wimbledon High were delighted to welcome over 200 education leaders, teachers and advocates of girls’ education to celebrate the power of girls and girls’ schools.
Launch of Designing the Future of Girls’ Education, a GDST Insights Report and Framework
We are proud to launch Designing the Future of Girls’ Education, a GDST Insights Report and Framework, as part of our latest series of innovative research supporting the specific needs of girls, in all learning environments.
Celebrating GDST Teachers, the True Designers of the Future of Girls’ Education
Latest blog from the GDST’s Chief Executive — Celebrating GDST Teachers, the True Designers of the Future of Girls’ Education.
