2023

In Conversation With Wimbledon High School alumna Sara Nathan

A conversation with Sara Nathan OBE, co-founder of charity Refugees at Home, a former TV producer and GDST Alumna of the Year 2022 finalist.

Climate Change – Keeping a Cool Head in a Storm

Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE, Professor of Environmental Psychology at University of Bath and Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, explains the escalating concerns around climate change, and the future that she sees. 

2023 – The Year of being Cheeky

Alumna of Sutton High School Aletha Shepherd shares her journey from a council estate in Wallington, to Coachella with Justin Bieber and Kendall Jenner, a dance-off with Channing Tatum, tips and advice from Bryan Cranston, and Christmas with Jamie Foxx.

We are One — Year 6 pupils complete a ‘Changing Climates Curriculum’

We Are One is a GDST-wide eco project for Year 6 pupils which was piloted by 22 GDST schools in 2023.  Learn more about this sustainability initiative.

A Cultural Icon over a 90 year career

The GDST, along with Nottingham Girls’ High School, were delighted to award June Spencer the GDST Exceptional Contribution award in July 2022.

My school memories by Charlene Hunter

Charlene Hunter MBE, CEO and founder of Coding Black Females, shares her memories of Nottingham Girls’ High School.

Soundtrack to my School Days with Beth Cordingly

Beth Cordingly, a TV, stage and film actor as well as GDST alumna, talks about the music from her school days at Brighton Girls.

GDST Staff recognised through International Sustainability Award

Schools across the GDST have achieved the eduCCate Global Bronze Award, an international climate literacy programme designed to build schools’ confidence and capacity to deliver high impact, solution focused climate change education.

GDST Laurie Magnus Poetry Prize results 2023

We are delighted to announce the results of the GDST Laurie Magnus Poetry Prize 2023. Discover the winners and read the brilliant poems.

A family of schools

23 independent schools and two academies in England and Wales