Northampton High School is a proud member of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), a family of 25 schools and over 100,000 alumnae bound together by a mission to help girls learn without limits, so they can lead lives without limits.
We think that schools should prepare children for the future and as specialists in girls’ education, we tailor our teaching to the way girls learn best. Girls at Northampton High, and from fellow GDST schools, have greater confidence that they can achieve their goals, and believe in their school’s ability to prepare them for the future we believe this demonstrates the GDST difference.
And we have the proof. The Girls’ Futures report (which can be read in full here), commissioned to celebrate the GDST’s 150th anniversary, worked alongside specialist research agency YouthSight, to gain insights from 1,358 girls aged nine to 18 in England and Wales, as well as a control group of 374 boys in key age groups.
The research amongst GDST girls found that, in comparison to girls at other schools across the UK, our students are more passionate about pursuing leadership positions; more comfortable speaking out and expressing their views; and significantly less likely to feel that being a girl holds them back from participating in subjects at school.
It demonstrates that GDST girls leave our schools feeling more prepared to face their future. They have the confidence to take the lead when it comes to pursuing their ambitions: whether that’s being their own boss, following a non-traditional career path or taking risks to achieve their dreams. They are more able to look after their physical and mental wellbeing – an important reflection of the all-round experience girls have in a GDST environment throughout the school day.
Like girls in non-GDST schools, GDST girls recognise the importance and value of maintaining a work-life balance. They want to redefine what leadership looks like, in a world where the blueprint for leadership has been created by and for men, and when in today’s world inspiring leadership remains lacking. They passionately described the collaborative, community-centred and mission-led qualities that an ideal leader would possess and their belief that they could become that leader.
Our girls told us that, compared with girls in other schools, they have confidence in their futures and believe they will – and do – go on to lead lives without limits.
To see for yourself how students at Northampton High School learn without limits, book a visit for one of our upcoming Open Days, between 10.30am and 1pm on Friday March 8 and Friday May 3.
Book a place at northamptonhigh.co.uk/open-days or by calling 01604 765765.
