Alumnae News

Captain Maryla Ingham, The First Female Royal Navy Captain

Captain Maryla Ingham has taken command of HMS Protector – the Royal Navy’s only Ice Patrol Ship, making history by becoming the first woman to hold the rank of Captain and command a major ship unit in the Royal Navy.

LEAD Showcase March 2022

Y12 Students from across the GDST family came together at London School of Economics for the GDST LEAD Final Showcase.

Emily Beza Longlisted for Aesthetica Art Prize 2022

Blackheath High School

Blackheath High School alumna and contemporary fine artist, Emily Beza, has been longlisted for the highly prestigious Aesthetica Art Prize…

Joanna MacGregor CBE visits South Hampstead and Royal High School Bath

South Hampstead High and Royal High School Bath were delighted to welcome Joanna MacGregor CBE, the professional pianist and alumna…

Best-selling poetry anthologist Allie Esiri releases new book ahead of National Poetry Day

South Hampstead High School alumna and best-selling poetry anthologist Allie Esiri has just published her latest collection of poems, A Poet for Every Day of the Year, ahead of National Poetry Day.

Belvedere alum wins top composition prize

  Nneka Cummins, Belvedere 2004-2011, has won the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s Rushworth Composition Prize 2021 and will write a new…

Dr Jess Wade wins prestigious L’Oreal-UNESCO Rising Talents Physical Sciences Fellowship

South Hampstead High School alumna Dr Jess Wade has won the Rising Talents Fellowship in the Physical Sciences category in…

A story of triumph for Ellie Robinson, GDST alumna

We could not be prouder of Team GB swimmer and Northampton High School alumna Ellie Robinson MBE, for taking fifth…

GDST Telephone Campaign 2021

This July, six schools participated in the first-ever GDST multi-school telephone campaign. The schools included in this pilot project were…

A family of schools

23 independent schools and two academies in England and Wales