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Specialists in girls' education
The Girls’ Schools Association (GSA) represents independent girls’ schools in the UK.
Media & News
This section of the website provides access to the latest news about GSA and recent press and media coverage.
For all press enquiries please contact:
Rachel Kerr, GSA Communications Manager – rachelkerr@gsa.uk.com
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A major STEM Conference at The Red Maids' School
What are the ‘geeks’ at NASA really like? How do we stop cyber-attacks? Can our heads control our hearts? How does maths save lives? These are questions a Science, Technology, E... Find out more »
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Heads attack the ‘hideous’ tutoring of pre-schoolers
The headmaster of a leading prep school has described private tutoring as a “hideous concept” that can undermine education. Ben Thomas, Headmaster of Thomas’s, Battersea, said... Find out more »
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Girls 'need to be taught how to blow their own trumpet'
Pupils from Wimbledon High School will be taught about self-promotion and celebrating success as part of an innovative “blow your own trumpet week”, it was announced. The move ... Find out more »
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St Swithun’s pupil is UK junior archery champion
Year 10 St Swithun’s pupil Olivia Williams from Brockenhurst has been confirmed as the current UK Junior Ladies Barebow Metric Clout 90m record holder. Shooting at the Waterside A... Find out more »
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GCSE changes - no reason why girls’ performance should suffer
Suggestions that girls’ GCSE performance will automatically suffer because of the change from modular to final exam GCSEs (see BBC report ) are stereotyped and patronising, accord... Find out more »
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Malala Yousafzai's new challenge: navigating the politics of a British girls' school
Malala Yousafzai began classes at the GSA school, Edgbaston High School for Girls yesterday morning, declaring there was “No more important day than this day”. Shot by... Find out more »
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UK Girls’ School ‘Right Environment’ for Malala
News that Malala Yousafzai has begun her UK school life at an all-girls school has been welcomed by the Girls’ Schools Association (‘GSA’). Fifteen year old Malala, from Paki... Find out more »
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Single-sex education - discussion on BBC Radio Scotland
A US psychologist has said that same sex schools are best for girls prospects. Dr Leonard Sax, founder of National Association for Single-Sex public Education, will tell a seminar a... Find out more »
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Girls’ Schools Association welcomes Gove rethink
GSA members welcome Michael Gove’s decision to rethink the EBC but encourage him to continue his quest for academic rigour. President Hilary French says:“This is about working o... Find out more »
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Students Speak Out Against Gove’s A Level Changes
Past pupils from St Catherine’s Bramley responded in droves to a recent call to arms by Headmistress, Alice Phillips, who encouraged them to write to Education Secretary, Michael ... Find out more »