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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 Communication Manager – rachelkerr@gsa.uk.com
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Girls’ school appoints first 'Entrepreneur in Residence'
As the Girls’ Schools Association’s latest initiative to encourage girls to think like entrepreneurs gets underway, a girls’ school in Shropshire has appointed its first entre... Find out more »
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There's one lesson you can only learn at a girls’ school
What do Margaret Thatcher, Sophie Raworth, Harriet Harman and Rachel Weisz have in common? They all went to a girls’ school. As did Joan Bakewell and Shami Chakrabarti. Cristina... Find out more »
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Interesting comments by Ralph Lucas in The Times & Daily Telegraph
There are some interesting comments by Ralph Lucas, Editor/Owner of The Good Schools Guide, in today’s Daily Telegraph and The Times. Interesting because we know neither Lord ... Find out more »
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Parents' taxis running 600 hours a year - BBC Radio 5 Live
In a discussion on BBC Radio 5 Live, 12/4/12 BBC iPlayer – Breakfast – 1 hr 24 mins Louise Robinson, President of the Girls’ Schools Association and headmistress a... Find out more »
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'We need to recalibrate what we think of as success'
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph 7/4/12 , Clarissa Farr, High Mistress of St Paul’s School for Girls gives her views on how a rounded education and realistic expectati... Find out more »
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GSA Ahead of the Game Competition
The Girls’ Schools Association’s Ahead of the Game competition is off to a lively start with over 150 14-year-old girls from around the UK joining together in four regional ... Find out more »
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Girls' schools welcome UCAS recommendations for university admissions process
The Girls’ Schools Association today welcomes UCAS recommendations to reform the admissions process for entry to full-time higher education. Bobby Georghiou, co-chair of the GSA/H... Find out more »
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School where girls have been running business for 25 years welcomes new entrepreneurial competition
The School Where School Girls Have Been Running Business For 25 Years Welcomes New Competition To Encourage Girls To ‘Think Like An Entrepreneur’ A girls’ school where the pup... Find out more »
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Girls' school holding ‘Failure Week’ to build pupil resilience and embrace risk
GSA member school, Wimbledon High School, GDST, is planning a “failure week” to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes. The emphasi... Find out more »
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Apple launches e-textbook tools with new iBooks
The iBook Author program allows educators and authors to create their own e-textbooks. Apple aims to drive the use of electronic textbooks in the classroom by making it easier for ... Find out more »