2019

Newcastle High School for Girls Awarded Sunday Times Northeast Independent Secondary School of the Year

Newcastle High School for Girls

Newcastle High School for Girls (NHSG) has been awarded the accolade of The Sunday Times Northeast Independent Secondary School of…

Talking books

Birkenhead High School Academy

World famous author visits GDST Wirral school.

Why girls do better at
single-sex schools

The GDST’s Chief Executive, Cheryl Giovannoni, talks about creating an environment that is designed with a girl in mind. On…

GDST pupils make eco poppies for Remembrance Day

South Hampstead High School

Pupils at South Hampstead High School produce zero plastic ‘eco’ poppies for Remembrance Day. Girls at South Hampstead High School…

In single-sex schools, gender stereotypes are void

When boys and girls are educated separately, both have an increased awareness of equality, writes Dr Kevin Stannard On her…

Howell’s alumna Hannah Mills launches big plastic pledge

Howell's School, Llandaff

Howell’s School, Llandaff alumna Hannah Mills has launched an initiative to eradicate single-use plastic in sport, after being overwhelmed by…

Streatham and Clapham High School SCHS join La Retraite Girls School for a joint CCF Ceremony at La Retraite School, Balham. S. London
Wednesday 10th July 2019
Photo by Ian Jones

Streatham & Clapham High partnership benefits all pupils

Streatham & Clapham High School

Streatham & Clapham High School has created a highly successful schools partnership with Le Retraite RC Girls’ School. This has…

Belvedere friendships 50 years on

Belvedere Academy

From Belvidere Road the school looked much the same, the same row of mid-Victorian merchants’ houses with the addition of…

The Independent Schools Show 2019

The GDST is hosting a stand at the Independent Schools Show on 9th and 10th November at Battersea Park, London.…

A family of schools

23 independent schools and two academies in England and Wales