Mrs Low - GSA President 2010
We are delighted by the news that Mrs Low will be the 2010 President of the Girls' Schools Association (GSA), taking over from Jill Berry, head of Dame Alice Harpur School in Bedford.
GSA is the association that represents the independent girls' schools in England, Scotland and Wales, including all the schools in the Girls' Day School Trust. It is one of the eight professional associations in the Independent Schools Council. Its schools educate approximately 110,000 girls. She is the GSA representative on the Council of the International Confederation of Principals and is a member of the GSA/HMC Universities Committee.
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Mrs Low said: ‘I am delighted to have the opportunity to represent GSA this coming year. Recent debate on single-sex schooling has served to highlight the outstanding contribution that girls' schools make to the education of young women in this country. Our schools, far from being Victorian relics, provide a style of education that is utterly contemporary and relevant, supported not only by sustained successful practice, but by research. We offer a specialised approach that has proved hugely effective in enabling girls to thrive intellectually and personally building their confidence and aspirations in an atmosphere that focuses on their needs and natures, and where teaching is fully geared to the particular ways in which girls learn best.
‘While the academic success of our pupils is without doubt, our schools are strongly driven by values as well as passion for learning. The all-round development of each girl, through a balanced programme of extensive extra-curricular activities alongside their studies, supported by excellent pastoral care and expert teaching, is at the heart of our aims.'
In January 2009, the GSA launched http://www.mydaughter.co.uk/, a website providing parents with expert opinion, up-to-date information and practical advice on educating and raising girls, using the expertise of the heads and staff of GSA schools. Harper Collins will be publishing a book, based on the website, in early 2011, entitled Your Daughter
