GDST Annual Review 2016

Developing confident women for the future Annual review 2016

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Heads & Principals

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Blackheath High School

Carol Chandler-Thompson

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Brighton & Hove High School

Jennifer Smith

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Bromley High School

Angela Drew

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Croydon High School

Emma Pattison

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Howell’s School, Llandaff, Cardiff

Sally Davis

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Ipswich High School for Girls

Oona Carlin

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Kensington Prep School

Prudence Lynch

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Newcastle High School for Girls

Hilary French

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Northampton High School

Dr Helen Stringer

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Northwood College for Girls

Jacqualyn Pain

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Norwich High School for Girls

Kirsty von Malaisé

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Nottingham Girls’ High School

Julie Keller

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Notting Hill & Ealing High School

Matthew Shoults

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Oxford High School

Judith Carlisle

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Portsmouth High School

Jane Prescott

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Putney High School

Suzie Longstaff

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The Royal High School, Bath

Jo Duncan

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Sheffield High School for Girls

Valerie Dunsford

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Shrewsbury High School

Michael Getty

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South Hampstead High School

Vicky Bingham

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Streatham & Clapham High School

Dr Millan Sachania

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Sutton High School

Katharine Crouch

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Sydenham High School

Katharine Woodcock (from April 2017)

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Wimbledon High School

Jane Lunnon

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The Belvedere Academy, Liverpool

Peter Kennedy

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Birkenhead High School Academy

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As at January 2017

Contents Location of schools and academies

Inside front cover

GDST at a glance

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Celebrating the now – 4 and preparing for the future Shaping the future of girls’ education

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Sustaining an innovative and high-performance culture

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Reaching as many girls as possible

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Preparing young women to realise their potential and make a meaningful difference in the world

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Financial summary

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Structure and governance

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Notable GDST alumnae

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GDST at a glance A Level results

Our strategic objectives

% of A* / A grades at A Level - 2016

Science Over 44% of A Level students take one or more science subjects

Maths 37% take maths

Languages

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Shaping the future of girls’ education

Sustaining an innovative and high-performance culture

Delivering the best educational offer across our network of 26 schools and academies.

Developing experts and leaders by encouraging creativity and original thinking among our staff in pursuit of a unique and inspirational educational experience at every age and stage.

Reaching as many girls as possible

Preparing young women to realise their potential and make a meaningful difference in the world

30 20 10 0

National average

GDST schools

Independent schools

50.6% of A Levels were graded A* or A 79.0% of A Levels were graded A*, A or B

Broadening access through bursary support, innovative partnerships, outreach programmes, learning modules and affiliations.

GCSE and IGCSE results % of A* / A grades at GCSE and IGCSE - 2016 80

18% take one or

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more languages

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Nearly 20,000 pupils in 24 schools and two academies

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EPQ 21% take an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)

Encouraging resourcefulness, resilience, risk-taking and emotional strength, developing skills to prepare them for higher education and work.

• Nursery • Juniors: Reception - Year 6 • Seniors: Years 7-11 • Sixth Form: Years 12-13

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National average

The GDST educates over one in five of the pupils at independent girls’ schools in the UK.

GDST schools

Independent schools

70.8% of GCSEs and IGCSEs were graded A* or A

Over 3,700 staff Over 21% of girls in our fee-paying senior schools and Sixth Forms receive financial assistance in the form of a bursary or scholarship (or both)

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Bursaries and scholarships spending £20m £15m £10m £5m £0m

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• Teaching • Teaching support • Administration • Cleaning and catering • Premises Our size and scope allows us to develop and promote talented staff throughout our network.

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Celebrating the now – and preparing for the future Chair’s introduction An annual review is an opportunity not just to take stock but to celebrate recent successes.

And such successes too. GDST alumnae won Olympic and Paralympic medals, an Oscar and many other awards, and our former Chief Executive, Helen Fraser, was honoured with a Damehood. There were remarkable achievements by our alumnae in the private, public and voluntary sectors. We’ve seen outstanding results among pupils at our schools and academies, and not just academically: Ellie Robinson, still a pupil at Northampton School, was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year for her Paralympic performance.

Statement from the Chief Executive Those successes have been remarkable.

Academically, culturally, commercially and in the field of sports we have seen GDST pupils and alumnae make the most of opportunities or indeed create their own.

But a GDST annual review also gives us the chance to assess how our work enables us to develop confident women for the future.

You’ll find many examples in these pages of how we continue to bring innovation to the way we educate our pupils; how we extend our reach to bring new opportunities to as many bright girls as we can; how we invest in resources and infrastructure; and how we look beyond the classroom and the sports arena to create an environment in which every girl can grow and thrive.

It’s a big, busy, changing and often challenging world. No matter how we measure success – whether in terms of income, the recognition of others or simply in terms of personal satisfaction and happiness – it’s vital we ensure our girls are equipped to meet life’s challenges with energy, resilience and good humour.

It’s probably the most important thing we do at the GDST. In these pages, you’ll see the enthusiasm, effort and creativity we put into tackling it.

Juliet Humphries Chairman

These girls can Our theme in this Annual Review is ‘developing confident women for the future.’ We showcase the extent to which we at the GDST encourage a can-do attitude. We take pride in the successes it helps our girls achieve.

One of the reasons I wanted to work at the GDST is that it’s a place where I feel I can make a real difference. It’s an organisation whose mission it is to put girls at the heart of everything we do, at a time when it couldn’t be more important to build on the progress women are making in the world.

While women may have made real progress over the past 150 years, we all know that there is so much more to be done. Like our founders, I believe we are on the cusp of changing the course of history again, as the evidence for a gender-equal society becomes ever more compelling and women continue to shatter glass ceilings, defy convention and change the world for the better.

I am constantly impressed by the achievements of our GDST alumnae, many of whom are worthy recipients of awards, plaudits, recognition and rewards that make us all so proud. I am also encouraged by how much so many of our alumnae give back – whether it’s speaking at a school or taking part in a careers fair, giving support to a young alumna, or getting involved in the GDST mentoring programme. One of my ambitions for the GDST Alumnae Network is to find ways of connecting each girl with someone in the network who can provide careers advice, support and inspiration, and answer any questions she may have across any and every field of study or career path.

Of course women should continue to call out inequality wherever we find it. But we should also back those words with action, showing by our determination and achievements that gender bias belongs in the past.

A GDST education equips young women to develop in confidence and reach their potential.

I’m proud to be leading this remarkable organisation. I’m proud of its long history and its shining future. And I’m especially proud of every goal that has been reached or exceeded this year – by our brilliant Heads, our inspiring staff, by our supportive parents and, of course, by our talented and resourceful pupils and alumnae.

Cheryl Giovannoni Chief Executive

“If you educate a woman, you educate a family; if you educate a girl, you educate the future.”

Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan

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Shaping the future of girls’ education At the GDST we aim to be the benchmark by which girls’ education is measured. We set the bar high: across our network of 26 schools and academies we are known not just for the results we achieve in public exams but for the many ways in which we lead the educational debate and work beyond the demands of the present-day curriculum.

Why do we do this? To ensure our educational offer always keeps step with, and anticipates, the needs of the times. Our pioneering founders shaped girls’ education in the 19th and 20th centuries – and we’re determined to continue to shape it in the 21st.

• GDST students continue to outperform their maintained and independent sector peers at both GCSE and A Level – 50.6% of A Levels were graded A* or A, and 70.8% of GCSEs and IGCSEs were graded A* or A • In 2016 55% of our A Level students took one or more STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects and 18% studied one or more languages

“When people say, ‘She’s got everything’, I’ve got one answer – I haven’t had tomorrow.”

Elizabeth Taylor

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• The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is an excellent preparation for universitylevel study. It supports cross-curricular links and helps students develop their planning, research, analysis, evaluation and presentation skills. In 2016 21% of Sixth Form students took an EPQ, of whom 76% gained an A* or A • We have launched a new MOOC (massive open online course) in partnership with FutureLearn, one of the world’s biggest providers – the first time FutureLearn has teamed up with a schools group. Our first course, ‘Girls’ Education: teaching strategies that develop resilience, confidence and collaboration’, run by Professor John WestBurnham and GDST Assistant Director of Education, Cathy Walter, began in November 2016. Over 8,000 individuals signed up to take part – 3,200 from the UK and the rest from countries worldwide including Australia, Russia, the US and Spain

Shaping the future of girls’ education

• The GDST annual conference on the theme of ‘the heart and craft of teaching’ garnered widespread media coverage

We also organised a range of GDST-wide events and activities to bring pupils and staff together, including:

• The conference also featured the results of a survey of nearly 12,000 pupils from Years 4 to 13 (one of the largest of its kind) on what makes a great teacher. Their responses provided unparalleled insight into the qualities girls look for in a teacher and the value they place on creativity and creative subjects within an academic curriculum.

• The second GDST Digital Leaders’ Day, hosted by South Hampstead High School in January 2016, brought together 200 students aged ten to 18 from all 26 GDST schools and academies. Working in teams, they developed an idea for a new campaign, app, event or website to promote digital technology careers and study to women

• The first GDST debating competition was held at Senate House, University of London, in July, with 28 teams from 13 schools. The debates covered legalising assisted suicide, a maximum salary ratio, and tying international development aid to human and women’s rights. The final was won by a Wimbledon High School team who opposed the motion ‘This house would hold a second EU referendum’ • The first GDST Multitude festival took place in July in the stunning grounds of Ipswich High School. More than 650 Year 9 students from GDST schools across the country attended the three-day festival, camping overnight. Highlights included bands, drama and art workshops, swimming, fairground rides and a silent disco and firework finale • The second Junior Maths conference for 120 Year 6 pupils from across the GDST took place in October and was again held at Oxford University’s Institute of Mathematics

• Also in October, we challenged the students at our schools and academies to get creative on a postcard. A selection of some of the best and most creative responses to this challenge were then shown at Gallery Different in London’s West End. To see more, visit www.gdst-art.co.uk • The GDST Bake Off attracted entries from 16 schools. It culminated in a final at Sheffield High School for eight contestants aged from 11 to 18, who baked cupcakes in honour of a personal heroine. The winner was Clara Holmes from the Royal High School, Bath, who was inspired by Junko Tabei, the first woman to conquer Mount Everest • In November Northwood College for Girls held a “Dragons’ Den” style event for young entrepreneurs. Over 30 competitors aged between 10 and 13 from four schools pitched ideas to a panel of experts. The winning team was ‘Bedtime Babies’ from Nottingham Girls’ High School, who presented a cot with an in-built sensor and voice recorder device.

School and individual achievements The Belvedere Academy Chamber Choir embarked on its first international tour to Barcelona in July. Choristers performed at Barcelona Cathedral, Montserrat Monastery and the famous Sagrada Familia (which only allows six visiting choirs all year).

Amy Roberts, Head Chorister, said, “We will treasure this tour forever and I am so grateful for the amazing memories we now all share.”

Students at Howell’s School, Llandaff were excited to meet an Olympic Gold medallist in September. Sailor Hannah Mills told students about her time at Howell’s, her Rio journey and her plans for the future. The younger girls were especially thrilled to try on her medal. At the end of the year, everyone was delighted to hear that Hannah had been awarded an MBE for services to sailing.

Kensington Prep School’s Year 6 girls achieved recordbreaking academic results with a total of 27 scholarships to top secondary schools in London and the UK. To develop pupils’ skills entrepreneurially as well as academically, the ‘A Head for Business’ project was devised. Girls worked with business experts in the school’s new high-tech Explore Floor, created as part of the school’s recent £2.7m building project.

Several events were added to the school calendar by the new Sutton High School Association, which brings together current and past pupils, parents, staff and governors. January’s Burns Night provided an energetic start to the year and was followed by a summer garden party, two reunions and a quiz night.

Plans for 2017 are now in place, with everyone in the school community encouraged to get involved.

To mark Black History Month in October, Birkenhead High School Academy students took part in a range of inspiring activities including creative writing with poet Levi Tafari, drama with Rob Awork from the Everyman Theatre, sculpture with artist Faith Bebbington, photography with parent Matthew Thomas, singing with Jennifer John (Sense of Sound Choir) and cooking Caribbean cuisine with parent Mike Passley. Kelly Nsutebu in Year 11 kicked off the celebratory showcase afternoon by performing her song “Black Lives Matter.”

In the summer holidays a group of Portsmouth High School Sixth Form girls travelled to South Africa to stay in a lodge in the Drakensberg Mountains. The girls taught 8-14 year old pupils in a rural school, Schietsdrift. Before they left, the girls had raised money and collected items to donate to the school. One of them commented: “It was a truly eye opening experience that exposed us to the harsh realities of life behind closed doors.”

Achievements in STEM dominated at Sheffield High School for Girls during 2016. Year 11 student, Nayana Dasgupta was recognised as ‘One to Watch’ at the Everywoman in Technology Awards in January. Later in the term Year 8 pupil Leah Young was presented with the Rising Star Award by Chemistry World, the leading news outlet and global voice of the chemical sciences community. Two alumnae pursuing STEM careers were also recognised in Forbes’ prestigious ’30 under 30’ list.

In December 2016, Ipswich High School Year 6 pupil Amelia Mayhew and her teammate finished 5th overall (and 1st of the all-girls crews) in the sailing Cadet World Championships. In November Year 10 stunt kayaker, Ottilie Robinson-Shaw, won gold in the Junior Ladies’ Freestyle at Europe’s largest annual competition, the ‘SAS Hurley Classic’. In a Senior Ladies’ category she achieved the joint top score, unprecedented for a junior.

The School also launched the Elliston Award to enable the brightest and best from state-funded schools to enter its unique Sixth Form.

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Sustaining an innovative and high-performance culture To stay among the best, organisations must challenge their own assumptions. Sometimes the status quo will prevail; sometimes it will be found wanting. What’s important is that nothing is ever regarded as sacrosanct.

Here at the GDST, we continually question and explore our approach to teaching, pastoral care, administration and more – and when we find something that works we share it, so each of our schools and academies can benefit.

• In September 2016 we announced that Ashdell Preparatory School would be joining the GDST and merging with the Junior School of Sheffield Girls’ High School from September 2017

So, then: continuous, challenging improvements, shared best practice and a common commitment to excellence – as these highlights show:

• We again participated in the Best Companies’ annual employee engagement survey, and were delighted to be rated a ‘one-star’ organisation and among the UK’s top 100 not-for-profit organisations for the third year running

• We have appointed five Trust Consultant Teachers across GDST schools, covering pastoral care, Sixth Form, digital learning, STEM and SEND (special educational needs and disabilities). We are also appointing School Consultant Teachers as models of best practice

• Work began on the GDST Hub, a central platform for online communication and collaboration, launching in February 2017

School and individual achievements 2016 saw some impressive academic results for students at The Royal High School, Bath. The International Baccalaureate results were outstanding, with an average score of 37/45, which is a massive seven points above the world average. RHS girls continued to impress with superb A Level results, while celebrating being ‘best in Bath’ for their remarkable GCSE results where 76% were A*/A. The extraordinary contribution to sport of Northampton High School’s Ellie Robinson was recognised in the New Year’s Honours List when she was awarded an MBE, and before Christmas when she was named the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year. Eleanor, who is in Year 11, won a gold medal in the women’s S6 50m butterfly in Rio, setting a new Paralympic record, and a bronze in the S6 100m freestyle final.

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Streatham & Clapham High School moved into its state-of-theart Sixth Form centre on a new floor added to the main building, completing phase one of a £13 million building project. Sixth Form students benefit from a dedicated study centre, tutorial rooms, a laboratory, a common room area and café, all with the latest intelligent touch-screen technology and outstanding views.

Nottingham Girls’ High School celebrated its 140th anniversary in a variety of ways, including a garden party at the Junior School complete with maypole dancing and the burying of a time capsule filled with NGHS memorabilia. The Seniors marked the occasion with lessons themed around the number 140, and the chance to learn something new in 140 minutes.

In 2016 Brighton & Hove High School’s 140th birthday celebrations culminated in a ‘race for life’ on Hove Lawns. From girls in the Nursery completing the ‘Toddle Dash’ to senior pupils, staff, parents and alumnae entering the 2km race, every single person enjoyed coming together as a community to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Blackheath High School, together with outgoing GDST CEO Helen Fraser, unveiled its refurbished Sixth Form Centre, ‘Westcombe House’, in July. A sophisticated and stylish common room and university style seminar rooms, teaching rooms and study areas have been installed. Interactive projector technology, versatile classroom furniture and thoughtfully created break-out spaces support the ethos of cultivating independence in study and collaborative learning that prepares students for university and beyond.

Wimbledon High School went fully digital this year. A ‘Bring Your Own Device’ programme was rolled out across the school and has transformed elements of teaching and learning in the Senior classrooms. Girls collaborate on their laptops or iPads, and teachers can check their note-taking, provide timely feedback and readily share their resources. In a poll after one full term, 78% of students and 70% of staff said it has had a positive impact on teaching and learning.

Achievements at Sydenham High School in 2016 included a record haul of top A Level and GCSE grades; a Year 12 Young Enterprise team reaching the all-London finals for the first time; the U14 netball team becoming All Kent silver medallists; and Sydenham High’s first outreach school, built with funds raised by students, opening in Nepal. The year concluded with a spectacular gala to say goodbye to Kathryn Pullen, who retired after 26 years’ service, 14 of them as Headteacher.

South Hampstead High School held a 140th anniversary dinner in November. The occasion was celebrated with over 70 alumnae from all generations, as well as parents, staff, governors and former headmistresses. Among the evening’s speakers was Fiona Bruce, one of the most established presenters on television today. During her inspirational speech to dinner attendees, Ms Bruce shared stories of the successes and challenges of being a female journalist and working mother.

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Sustaining an innovative and high-performance culture

• Nearly 1,300 colleagues attended one of over 210 forums, workshops and seminars organised for GDST staff as part of our central training and staff development programme • This year’s Bright Ideas awards were granted to Blackheath High School to run ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ philosophy workshops; to Notting Hill & Ealing High School for a Year 5 Automatic Weather Station project; and to Wimbledon High School for a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and maths) Space & Scientist in Residence. There was also a special award to The Belvedere Academy for resilience training • We successfully implemented new pay and career structures for teachers • Fundraising campaigns delivered outstanding results for many individual schools as well as a mission to support bursaries and scholarships through a combination of legacy gifts, charitable donations and trusts and foundations. This raised nearly £3m in 2015-16 • We have been awarded accreditation as a Living Wage employer from the Living Wage Foundation.

“In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.”

Sheryl Sandberg

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Reaching as many girls as possible We do all we can to extend the opportunity of a GDST education to as many girls as possible, enabling them to become confident women making a real contribution to the world of the future.

We are grateful for the generous support HSBC, Garfield Weston Foundation, John Lyon’s Charity, Leverhulme Education Trust and the Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust give to our bursaries.

Our efforts this year have included the following: • We changed the eligibility criteria for GDST bursaries. The lowest entry point remains at 30% of fees, and access is now offered to even more families • Over £11.2m was allocated to bursaries, representing 4.7% of our fee income, and over 21% of girls in our fee-paying senior schools and Sixth Forms receive financial assistance in the form of a bursary or scholarship (or both)

• The two academies in the GDST network – The Belvedere Academy in Liverpool and Birkenhead High School Academy – offer a first-rate GDST education free of charge to nearly 2,000 girls. Academy staff have access to GDST training and development, and the girls benefit from the same opportunities to participate in all the GDST-wide events and competitions every other GDST girl enjoys • Every one of our GDST schools and academies engages with its local community and neighbouring schools through a range of activities, events and partnerships. Over 5,500 maintained school pupils were involved in partnership projects last year, with input from 600 GDST pupils and 350 GDST staff members.

“Never think you can’t do anything because you’re a woman.

Everything is open to you as a girl. The future is yours.”

Christiane Amanpour

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Preparing young women to realise their potential and make a meaningful difference in the world One of the GDST’s four core values is boldness. “Take risks, push hard and overcome setbacks,” we say. “Do things in a new way.

Have a go. Have fun.”

These words encourage everyone in the GDST community – staff, pupils and alumnae – to develop as well-rounded individuals, not just in terms of education. For our girls in particular, they encapsulate our determination to help them grow in confidence, secure in the knowledge that in their teachers, in their peers and in former pupils they have the best possible support network.

We want to help our students be happy and fulfilled. Which is why this year:

• In partnership with Digital Awareness UK we launched a series of e-safety videos and online resources for both girls and parents.

Covering issues such as digital footprints, identity and self-esteem, relationships and grooming, security and privacy, sexting, and cyberbullying, the videos have been viewed over 17,000 times

• In partnership with Positive, a specialist learning provider, we piloted ‘The Positive Project’ for both students and staff in nine GDST schools and academies. The programme helps participants become more emotionally aware and more confident so they can consciously influence how they think, feel and behave. Following encouraging feedback, we are rolling out the programme to all schools and academies

• The GDST’s unique CareerStart programme of practical transferable skills workshops held 136 workshops across 25 of our schools and academies

A team of six Notting Hill & Ealing High School girls from Years 9 and 10 won the national British Council/HSBC Mandarin Chinese Speaking Competition. The prize was an all-expensespaid trip to Beijing. The water polo team reached the finals of the National Schools Competition and 14 girls secured places at Oxford or Cambridge, making it a record year for NHEHS.

Northwood College for Girls has been enjoying a variety of sporting success. Three year-groups celebrated wins in county netball, while for the fourth consecutive year, Northwood girls won all the Hillingdon hockey tournaments. The school dominated the ISA National Tennis Championships, with Jasmine Dedakia winning the Singles and Doubles titles, together with Dominique Olaleye. The winning streak continued in the ISA London North Athletics competition, where the girls took away seven gold medals.

• Our career-oriented events for younger alumnae included workshops on “marketing yourself” and “speaking up with confidence,” as well as meetings of the Law and City Networking groups

• Jane Lunnon, Head of Wimbledon High School, spoke out about the problems girls may face in friendships that turn ‘toxic’ and the emotional difficulties to which this can lead. Her plans to help her school’s pupils cope with these issues were shared across the GDST network and were covered and discussed in The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and other media. Jane was also interviewed on ITV’s ‘This Morning’ programme

School and individual achievements Shrewsbury High School was once again recognised in the prestigious Times Education Supplement’s Independent School Awards, and was the only school in the country to receive multiple listings. The Shrewsbury High Sixth Form was mentioned in the Best Independent School Post-16 category for the breadth and high quality of its educational provision. In addition, the School’s Bio-Med Programme was noted, and this also won an award at the Education Business Awards in July.

2016 was Oxford High School’s year of innovation. The 360 Programme’s Elective portfolios were created in partnership with Radley College and offer a wider Sixth Form experience and ‘Kaleidoscope’ for Years 7-11. The programme comprises weekly lectures, workshops and visits – from Apollinaire’s ‘Calligrammes’ to endurance training with Oxfordshire’s Rugby Development Team. The Oxford Swire Chinese Language Centre, an OHS/ Radley College partnership funded by the Swire Group, was also launched.

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Trust Senior hockey and swimming champions, Bromley High School has also been shortlisted in tennis for Kent LTA School of the Year with Junior pairs taking first, second and third places at the Kent Doubles Championships and the U12s winning the national GSA Doubles Championship. The Year 7 biathlon team came fourth in the National Championships and girls won national honours in hockey, swimming, diving and biathlon.

The much-anticipated move to an outstanding new Senior School took place at Newcastle High School for Girls in September 2016. With state-of-the-art science areas, performing arts venues, technology enabled classrooms and an Olympic standard allweather pitch, the school now offers the finest facilities in which to deliver a 21st century education for girls of the North East today and in the future.

In June 2016 Norwich High School for Girls held its inaugural Inspiring Females symposium – a three-day professional conference during which 30 professional women, including six GDST alumnae, volunteered their time to speak to, mentor, work with and ultimately inspire over 190 girls from Norwich High and surrounding local schools. There will be a full programme of further Inspiring Females events in 2017.

Croydon High School marked Holocaust Memorial Day in school with a day of workshops and cross-curricular lessons on the Holocaust. It was an emotional and educational day with an inspiring group of empathetic young women. More information can be found at the @croydonhigheng Twitter feed.

Putney High School hosted its first TEDx conference, organised

by Sixth Formers. Academic excellence is not created in a vacuum and Putney aims to nurture confident students who look beyond the classroom. TEDx brought together speakers on topics from diversity in politics to the importance of work-life balance. Putney is keen to develop an intellectual agility in its students through events such as this, through debating and also via initiatives such as its expanded lecture series, Pie+.

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Preparing young women to realise their potential and make a meaningful difference in the world

• Together with Portsmouth High School, we launched GDST alumnae Facebook groups at 19 universities including Bath, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Durham, Nottingham and Oxford • We worked with a select group of employers including Aberdeen Asset Management, Ericsson, Gardiner & Theobald, Nomura, PwC, Rolls-Royce and The Royal Opera House, who hosted insight days for GDST Sixth Formers • The GDST Student Council, which has representatives from every GDST Sixth Form, has focused on peer support, student wellbeing, and PSHE provision in our schools and academies this year.

“Today’s girls are tomorrow’s women – and leaders.”

Isabel Allende

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Financial summary

Structure and governance Trustees (as at January 2017)

Income and expenditure – year end 31 August 2016

Juliet Humphries Chair

Group balance sheet – year end 31 August 2016

Julie Chakraverty

Masha Gordon

Kathryn Davis

Joanna Greenslade

Rita Dhut

Richard Harris

Helen Williams Deputy Chair

Kevin Gibbons

Mary Hockaday

The Council of the Trust (our Trustees) is responsible for the overall running of the organisation. Its principal roles are to: • set strategy • monitor key performance indicators • maintain financial stability • review policies and procedures to mitigate risk

Each Committee has up to four Council Members, and external members may be appointed to complement their expertise.

links between the schools and their local communities.

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Charitable activities Donations and legacies

£m

FIXED ASSETS

£m

245.1

Tangible assets

372.7

3.1

Investments 111.0

Investments 2.9

483.7

Other trading activities

2.6

Other income

0.1

Total income 253.8

CURRENT ASSETS Debtors 8.5 Cash at bank

EXPENDITURE ON Charitable activities

21.1

29.6 226.0

CREDITORS: due within one year

(39.0)

Trading 1.3 Raising funds

0.5

NET CURRENT ASSETS (9.4)

Investments 0.3 Other charges

0.4

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

474.3

CREDITORS: due after one year

(60.8)

Total expenditure 228.5 Net gains on investments

8.0

Actuarial loss on pensions

(14.4)

NET SURPLUS

TOTAL NET ASSETS 413.5

18.9 Endowed funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds

1.9 78.6

Tom Wheare Deputy Chair

The Council delegates some of its responsibilities to four Committees: • Audit • Senior Appointments and Remuneration • Investments • Estates

333.0

The day-to-day management of the Trust is delegated by the Council to the Chief Executive and the Senior Management Team. They are in regular contact with our 24 schools and two academies, and the Heads of the schools report to the Chief Executive.

The GDST Academy Trust is responsible for our two Academies. The Board of this Trust is chaired by a GDST Council Member, and most of its members are appointed by the GDST. Other members are drawn from HSBC Education Programme (our co-sponsors of The Belvedere Academy) and the Chairmen of the Academies’ local governing boards.

Each of the GDST’s schools has a local School Governing Board, whose members support and challenge the Heads, as well as being vital

TOTAL FUNDS 413.5 Giving the gift of education By 2022 the Trust aims to grow our bursary fund to a level that will guarantee more gifted girls, regardless of their background, receive a full bursary.

The GDST is one of the UK’s largest educational charities, and any surplus is reinvested in enhancing the education provided by our schools.

Full audited accounts can be seen at www.charitycommission.gov.uk

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To achieve this ambitious objective, our fundraising programme is engaging with a number of local and national companies, generous benefactors, and our wider community of friends to help us transform the lives and raise the aspirations of hundreds of talented girls.

If you are interested in helping to provide the gift of a GDST education by supporting our Bursary Fund, please contact Glen Fendley, Head of Development at the Girls’ Day School Trust, on 020 7393 6689 or at g.fendley@wes.gdst.net

Notable GDST alumnae The GDST Alumnae Network is the largest group of its kind in the UK, with a worldwide cohort of 70,000 past GDST pupils and staff and current Sixth Formers in an online community providing mutual advice and practical support.

Indhu Rubasingham (Nottingham) Artistic Director, Tricycle Theatre Susie Self (South Hampstead) Composer and conductor

GDST women have an outstanding record of achievement.

Here are just a few examples:

Aruna Seth (Croydon) Shoe designer

Academic

Sophie Simnett (Putney) Actress, known for Disney’s The Lodge

Professor Mary Beard (Shrewsbury) Professor of Classics at Cambridge, and Fellow of Newnham College Dr M M McCabe (Oxford) Emerita Professor of Ancient Philosophy, King’s College London Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern (Bromley) Emerita Professor of Social Anthropology at Cambridge; Mistress of Girton College Arts and literature Naomi Alderman (South Hampstead) Author; known for The Power; co-creator of ‘Zombies, Run’ app; Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University Jenny Beavan (Putney) Jenny was the 2016 recipient of the GDST Alumna of the Year award. Jenny has been a costume designer for almost her entire working life, starting in opera, ballet and the theatre before moving into films in 1978. Her many awards include two Emmys and three BAFTAs. She has also had ten Oscar nominations, of which she has won two: the first for A Room with a View (jointly with John Bright) in 1985, and the second in 2016 for Mad Max: Fury Road.

Helena Bonham Carter (South Hampstead) BAFTA-winning actress, known for Fight Club, The King’s Speech and Harry Potter AS Byatt (Sheffield) Author; winner of the Man Booker Prize Olivia Colman (Norwich) BAFTA- and Golden Globes-winning actress, known for The Night Manager, Peep Show, and Broadchurch

Rosemary Squire (Nottingham) Founder, Ambassador Theatre Group Business and enterprise Alison Berryman (Wimbledon) Chief Operations and Technology Officer for Barclaycard UK Cards; British LGBT Awards’ Inspirational Role Model 2015 Jasmine Birtles (Brighton & Hove) Finance expert, journalist, TV and radio presenter and author; founder of moneymagpie.com

Delia Bushell (Croydon) Managing Director, BT TV and BT Sport Karen Easton (Sutton) Co-founder of Café Rouge restaurant chain Clare and Rebecca Hopkins (Sheffield) Founders of award-winning natural beauty brand Balance Me Nicola Horlick (Birkenhead) CEO of Money & Co and Chairman of Rockpool Investments LLP Susan Ma (Croydon) Founder and managing director of Tropic Skincare Bianca Miller (Sydenham) Entrepreneur, founder of Bianca Miller London (hosiery) Sophie Newton (South Hampstead) COO, Brainlabs

Anne Fine (Northampton) Award-winning children’s author and writer of adult fiction

Dr Laura Toogood (Royal High, Bath) Digital expert and author; founder of Fieldmaster Group and The Sloaney

Mab Jones (Howell’s) Award-winning performance poet Tilly Keeper (Bromley) Actress; known for EastEnders Elizabeth Llewellyn (Streatham & Clapham) Soprano Miriam Margolyes (Oxford) Actress; known for Harry Potter and The Real Marigold Hotel Kate Moross (South Hampstead) Illustrator, art director, director and designer; has worked with Sam Smith, One Direction and Jessie Ware Kerenza Peacock (Ipswich) Violinist; leader of the Pavao String Quartet Sandy Powell (Sydenham) Oscar-winning costume designer; credits include Carol, Cinderella, The Young Victoria and The Aviator Mary Quant (Blackheath) Fashion designer Caroline Raphael (Putney) Editorial Director, Penguin Random House Audio Dame Patricia Routledge (Birkenhead) Actress, known for Keeping up Appearances and Hetty Wainthrop Investigates

Afua Hirsch (Wimbledon) Social Affairs and Education Editor, Sky News Bettany Hughes (Notting Hill & Ealing) Award-winning historian, author and broadcaster

Suzy Klein (South Hampstead) TV and radio presenter, BBC

Lesley Titcomb (Oxford) Chief Executive, The Pensions Regulator

Susan Howatch (Sutton) Novelist; author of bestselling mysteries, family sagas, and other novels

Mel Giedroyc (Oxford) Television presenter, comedienne, actress and writer; presenter of The Great British Bake Off

Emily Brooke (Royal High, Bath) Founder and CEO of Blaze, creator of the Laserlight, an LED bike light designed to tackle a common cause of accidents

Harriet Evans (Notting Hill & Ealing) Author of several best-selling novels

Frances Hardinge (Ipswich) Author; winner of the 2015 Costa Book of the Year award

Mary Berry (Royal High, Bath) Celebrity chef, writer and journalist

Martha Kearney (Brighton & Hove) Presenter of The World at One on BBC Radio 4

Jane Platt (Birkenhead) Non-executive director, Financial Conduct Authority; former Chief Executive, National Savings & Investments

Linda Grant (Belvedere) Author; winner of the Orange prize for fiction

Samira Ahmed (Wimbledon) Samira is an award-winning journalist, with 20 years’ experience in print and broadcast, and is Visiting Professor of Journalism at Kingston University. Samira regularly presents Front Row and Something Understood on Radio 4, as well as Newswatch on BBC1, and The Proms on BBC4. She is also a presenter of Night Waves, Radio 3’s flagship arts and ideas programme.

Emma Bridgewater (Oxford) Designer; renowned for pottery ware and accessories

Allie Esiri (South Hampstead) Creator of iF Poems, an educational poetry app and the accompanying anthology, and The Love Book

Harriet Goodwin (Bromley) Children’s author

Media

Baroness Shriti Vadera (Northwood) Former investment banker and government minister; now Chair of Santander UK Charity and non-profit Tanya Barron (South Hampstead) Chief Executive of Plan UK Ann Cotton (Howell’s) Founder and President of Camfed International; 2014 Alumna of the Year Sarah Eldon (Streatham & Clapham) Director of Fund Development & Communications (Middle East & North Africa) SOS Children’s Villages Eva Loeffler (Oxford) Founding Director of the British Paralympic Association and Mayor of the 2012 London Paralympic Village Alison Maguire (Croydon) Head of Research & Finance, the Lily Foundation; 2015 Alumna of the Year Law Dame Margaret Booth (Northwood) Retired judge, third woman appointed as a High Court judge Madeleine Heggs (Notting Hill & Ealing) Solicitor and Social Security & Child Support Commissioner (retired) Cathryn McGahey QC (Howell’s) Barrister; specialises in immigration, national security, and public enquiries Sandie Okoro (Putney) World Bank Group Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and a Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company Judge Deborah Taylor (Newcastle) Senior Circuit judge; Chair of the Irene Taylor Trust

Eleanor Oldroyd (Oxford) Sports presenter, BBC Sophie Raworth (Putney) National news presenter, BBC Susanna Reid (Croydon) Journalist and TV presenter on ITV’s Good Morning Britain Kate Riley (Ipswich) Presenter and sports correspondent, CNN Charlene White (Blackheath) Journalist and news presenter, ITV News Public service Madeleine Albright (Kensington) Former US Secretary of State Baroness Gabby Bertin (Croydon) Former Director of External Relations for Prime Minister David Cameron; youngest member of the House of Lords Fiona Bruce (Howell’s) Conservative MP for Congleton Cressida Dick (Oxford) Director-general at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office; former Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Baroness Lynne Featherstone (South Hampstead) Life peer; Liberal Democrat spokesperson for energy and climate change; former MP for Hornsey & Wood Green Suella Fernandes (Heathfield) Conservative MP for Fareham

Sport Fiona Bigwood (Croydon) 2016 Olympic silver medallist as a member of the dressage team Sophie Hemming (Norwich) Practising vet and former England international rugby player; member of the team that won the 2014 World Cup Caitlin McClatchey (Northampton) 2006 Commonwealth gold medal winning swimmer; competed in 2008 and 2012 Olympics Hannah Mills (Howell’s) Olympic gold medallist in sailing at Rio 2016; silver medallist at London 2012 Sam Quek (Birkenhead) Member of the Olympic gold medal winning hockey team at Rio 2016 Karen Pickering (Brighton & Hove) Swimmer – World, Commonwealth, European and British champion; Chair of the British Athletes Commission Emma Pooley (Norwich) 2008 Olympic silver medal winning cyclist; Commonwealth silver medallist 2014; competed in Rio 2016 Vicky Williamson (Norwich) Team GB sprint track cyclist; won the bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2013 World Track Cycling Championships STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (Oxford) Sarah-Jayne is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, and Leader of the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group. Sarah-Jayne studied Experimental Psychology at Oxford University and then completed her PhD at UCL. Since 2004 she has held a series of Royal Society Research Fellowships at UCL, and has won multiple national and international awards for her research on the adolescent brain.

Professor Alison Bruce (Newcastle) Professor of Physics at the University of Brighton Dr Ellie Cannon (Newcastle) GP; writes regularly for The Mail on Sunday, Woman magazine and other titles Dr Jane Collins (Portsmouth) CEO of Marie Curie Cancer Care; former CEO of Great Ormond Street Hospital Baroness Ilora Finlay (Wimbledon) Professor of palliative medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine; a consultant at the Velindre Cancer Centre; life peer Dr Emily Grossman (South Hampstead) Science communicator, broadcaster and educator

Louise Haigh (Sheffield) Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley

Professor Alison Hodge (Sydenham) Associate Dean and Professor of Engineering Leadership, Aston University

Meg Hillier (Portsmouth) Labour MP for Hackney South & Shoreditch; Chair of the Public Accounts Committee

Dr Bethan James (Howell’s) Astronomer specialising in extragalactic observational astrophysics at NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Rt Hon Margaret Hodge (Bromley) Labour MP for Barking; former Chair of the Public Accounts Committee

Dr Sheila Kanani (Wimbledon) Education, Outreach & Diversity Officer, Royal Astronomical Society

Rupa Huq (Notting Hill & Ealing) Labour MP for Ealing Central & Acton

Dr Suze Kundu (Croydon) Nanochemist; Senior Teaching Fellow in Chemical Engineering at the University of Surrey

Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque (Ipswich) Minister, UK Embassy in Paris; formerly UK Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna

Dame Frances Kirwan (Oxford) Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford

Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller (Northampton) Former Director General of MI5; life peer

Frances Saunders (Portsmouth) Former President of the Institute of Physics

Esther McVey (Belvedere) Chair of the British Transport Police Authority; former Conservative MP and Minister of State for Employment

Sakthy Selvakumaran (Sheffield) Graduate student, Cambridge University Structures Research Group; one of Forbes Europe ’30 under 30’ in industry 2016

Baroness Lindsay Northover (Brighton & Hove) Shadow Lords Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Sarah Sobka (Sheffield) Medical student; 2015 UK Young Scientist of the Year; one of Forbes Europe ’30 under 30’ in science and healthcare 2016

Dame Stella Rimington (Nottingham) Former Director General of MI5, and first female DG of MI5; author of several spy fiction novels Alice Walpole (Norwich) UK Ambassador to Mali; formerly Ambassador to Luxembourg and HM Consul-General in Basra, Iraq Rev Canon Alison White (Notting Hill & Ealing) Anglican Bishop of Hull

Dr Miriam Stoppard (Newcastle) TV presenter, author and journalist on medical topics particularly relating to women and children Polly Tandy (Brighton & Hove) Drilling Engineer, Chevron Dr Jess Wade (South Hampstead) Physicist and science communicator

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