News
Languages Create Adventures
Notting Hill and Ealing High school welcomed 161 students from 11 GDST schools across the GDST family to celebrate the latest GDST Languages Festival.
Making a Mess, Scientifically!
GDST junior girls marked British Science Week 2023 by coming together for a day of scientific experiments, live demonstrations and controlled explosions at The Royal Institute of Science.
Hope will always thrive when women and girls empower each other
The GDST’s Chief Executive reflects on the achievements of remarkable women across the globe this year and why we should not give up hope for a better future.
GDST girls urged to “keep breaking down barriers”.
On International Women’s Day, Streatham & Clapham High School girls were paid a visit by the US Ambassador to the UK and urged to “keep breaking down barriers”.
Sutton High School Class of 1971 Reunion
Class of 1971 attended their 50th anniversary on Saturday 4th March at Sutton High School which saw more than forty alumnae rekindle old friendships and start new ones.
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
Talking Heads: Belvedere Academy
Julie Taylor, Principal of Belvedere Academy in Liverpool, tells us why she returned to the GDST after 15 years away.
Cheryl Giovannoni talks ‘Off the Record’
In the lastest episode of the Off the Record podcast, Alistair Bunkall talks to Cheryl Giovannoni, the Chief Executive of the GDST.
Talking Heads: Portsmouth High School
Jane Prescott is Headmistress at Portsmouth High School. She shares her views on education, the GDST and offers advice for…
Closing the gender bias gap in STEM
When it comes to the campaign to get more women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) most engineering companies…
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
Making a Mess, Scientifically!
GDST junior girls marked British Science Week 2023 by coming together for a day of scientific experiments, live demonstrations and controlled explosions at The Royal Institute of Science.
Exploring the Necessity of SEND inclusion this Neurodiversity Week
The GDST’s Trust Consultant Teacher for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) explores a more positive future for children and young people with SEND.
We need to talk about STEM: putting rocket boosters under girls’ ambitions
The progress that has been made in girls’ education cannot be taken for granted writes the GDST’s Chief Executive.
What are the Different School Year Groups in the UK?
There are a number of year groups, and key stages, that your child will go through before they finish compulsory education. Find out what you need to know.
