The GDST Insights Report calls on schools across the UK to improve how girls are educated. The report, created by leading educators, researchers, students and campaigners, provides a practical framework for schools to support girls’ growth, confidence and ambition.

Earlier research from the GDST found that girls nationally faced a significant drop in confidence, ambition and preparedness for the future compared to their peers in single-sex settings and boys in all types of settings from the age of 14 onwards. Designing the Future of Girls’ Education, a GDST Insights Report, aims to address these challenges head-on.

At Norwich High School for Girls, we’re proud to be part of this mission, promoting an education where girls can learn without limits and go on to lead lives without limits. This GDST report serves as an essential guide for educators, families and communities to foster girls’ success, with key principles that focus on the Classroom, Curriculum, and Culture. Over the coming weeks, we’ll share insights from the report and explore how we’re working to enhance girls’ educational experiences.

This report offers a powerful framework to evaluate and enhance educational approaches, helping both girls’ and co-ed schools assess their practices at various developmental stages: emerging, developing and transformational.

Head of Norwich High School for Girls, Alison Sefton, will be sharing a series of blogs exploring core themes from the report, including confidence-building, nurturing girls’ voices, embracing complexity and failure, and the power of positive role models. This blog series will bring the GDST report’s key insights to life, providing deeper insights and sparking conversation and action into how we can continue to inspire our students and shape a brighter future for girls in education.