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Press News
As President of the GSA, Mrs Low's views on current topics across the national educational agenda appear on a regular basis in the national press and can be viewed below.
Universities introduce steps to increase state school bias: Gillian Low, head of the Lady Eleanor Holles school in Hampton, west London, and president of the Girls’ Schools Association, said: “We are absolutely in favour of social mobility. The issue is how that is achieved, how talented people from disadvantaged backgrounds are identified......." http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Education/article386807.ece
The Sunday Times online* - 5th September (*available to online suscribers)
Does the new A* at A-level make the grade? Gillian Low, president of the Girls' School Association, said: "There was stretch there and some demanding questions. We did welcome the A*. It is important to give that stretch and challenge to the brightest."
BBC News online - 21st August
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11037928
UK Independents retain their allure abroad, but not at home. Gillian Low, president of the Girls' Schools Association, which represents the heads of leading girls' independents, added that her members had learnt "some interesting lessons" during the financial crisis, and said schools would "remain sensitive" to the economic circumstances of parents.
TES - 30th April
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6042417
Fall in independent school pupils, census shows. Gillian Low, president of the Girls' Schools Association, said the sector could be "cautiously optimistic" about the future. "Schools will be looking very carefully at their financial planning for the future and we are very aware of the circumstances in which we are operating. But the signs at the moment are positive."
BBC News online - 29th April
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/10089109.stm
Daily Telegraph online - 29th April
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7644200/Private-school-pupils-falling-in-the-recession.html
Swedish lessons: are new 'free' schools the answer? "Of course, we're not against more choice and competition," says Gillian Low president of the Girls' School Association, "but we are first and foremost educators, and we are concerned about the other schools. You could have sink schools that sink down even further."
The Independent - 22nd April
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/swedish-lessons-are-new-free-schools-the-answer-1950142.html
'Reputation is more valuable than statistics' Gillian Low, head of The Lady Eleanor Holles School in London and president of the Girls' Schools Association, says: “The culture in a girls' school is such that the girls really feel they can do anything. In a girls' school you get to play Hamlet.”
FT - 19th March
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b444cd80-321e-11df-b4e2-00144feabdc0.html
University lessons: Do schools prepare high fliers for student life?' -At Lady Eleanor Holles, a fee-paying independent girls school, headmistress Gillian Low offers a range of guidance about the personal and practical sides of life, and enough chance to become independent through other projects and activities.
FT - 19th March
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae02371e-321e-11df-b4e2-00144feabdc0.html
Answering the Swedish question. As Gillian Low, president of the Girls' Schools Association, asked recently, what will happen to the existing schools in the area?
SecEd - 8th March
http://content.yudu.com/A1mz4p/SecEd25Feb2010/resources/6.htm
Choice matters in a successful start to secondary education. Education expert Gillian Low says the dreams of many are shattered when they do not get into the school they want.
TES Online - 4th March www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/school_league_tables/article7047997.ece
Secret downgrading of GCSE exam results. Gillian Low, headmistress of Lady Eleanor Holles school in west London and president of the Girls' Schools Association, said: “If these students genuinely deserved grades they didn't get, it's quite scandalous.”
Sunday Times - 28th February
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article7043962.ece
Think independent heads back the Tories' free school dream? Think again. GSA president Gillian Low warns the system is divisive and could fail to offer genuine choice.
TES - 12th February
www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6035581
'Farewell to the gifted and talented scheme' - The decision to disband the national provision for gifted students without an effective alternative is completely misguided. Gillian Low, Head Mistress, The Lady Eleanor Holles school in Hampton and president of the Girls' Schools Association
The Guardian - 2nd February
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/02/gifted-talented-scrapped-funds-redirected
It is not elitist to nurture gifted pupils. When it comes to education, the Government persists in looking through the wrong end of the telescope – and with an ill-fitting, short-sighted lens, says Gillian Low.
Daily Telegraph - 28th January
www.telegraph.co.uk/education/secondaryeducation/7090921/It-is-not-elitist-to-nurture-gifted-pupils.html
Education News.org - 28th January
www.educationnews.org/global/37248.html
Gillian Low, president of the Girls' Schools Association, said : 'We are certianly seeing an increase in interest in American universities, specifically over the last couple of years.
Daily Mail - 28th January
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246619/3-000-fees-middle-classes-university-new-figures-revealed.html
Gillian Low, president of the Girls' Schools Association, discussed methods of measuring progress in schools with Mary Bousted (ATL) and Isabel Nisbel (Oqual)
Radio 4, Woman's Hour - 27th January
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qlvb
I'm ready for new challenges. The 2010 President of the Girls' Schools Association speaks exclusively to Indpendent Schools Magazine about the year ahead.
The Independent Schools Magazine - January 2010
www.independentschoolsmagazine.co.uk/resources/ISM_Jan_2010_to+web.pdf
The president of the Girls' Schools Association, Gillian Low, said the government did not recognise iGCSEs because they "did not tick all the boxes on the national curriculum".
BBC News - 15th January
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8460189.stm
A leading headmistress has criticised Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, for subjecting schools to an “initiative a week” without any sense of a coherent plan. Gillian Low, the president of the Girls' Schools Association, cited last week's announcement that all pupils should be offered lessons in Mandarin.
TES -13th January 2010
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6985455.ece
The Times - 29th December 2009
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6969904.ece
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