The Power of Girls – the Benefit of a Girls’ Education

Pioneering excellence in all-girls’ education is fundamental to the ethos of Royal High School Bath. We are therefore delighted to invite you to a special talk on the strengths and advantages of an education designed specifically for girls.

On Monday 15 January we will be joined by Dr Kevin Stannard, the GDST’s Director of Innovation & Learning and author of the GDST’s ground-breaking national research report, The Girls’ Futures Report, for a talk at RHSB Senior School.

At a time when there is an intense focus on the gap between independent and state schooling as well as the gap between boys and girls in academic achievements, Dr Stannard provides the GDST perspective on why (and how) girls thrive in a girls-only school, while shining light on key arguments that contribute towards girls’ priorities and ambitions for future careers and leadership.

The talk will cover both Prep and Senior school ages:

• How girls are feeling at this moment in time, and what they need from education and the wider world.

• The difference a girls-first ecosystem can make for confidence, future careers and skills.

• Myths and misapprehensions surrounding all-girls’ education.

• Helping girls thrive at key stages: nursery and prep, senior and sixth form.

Dr Kevin Stannard will be joined by Head Kate Reynolds, Head of Prep Claire Lilley and Head of Sixth Form Luke Benedict for a Q&A to follow the talk.

Senior School Talk: 7pm (doors open 6.30pm, refreshments before the talk)

Dr Kevin Stannard
Director of Innovation & Learning, the Girls Day School Trust

Dr Kevin Stannard joined the GDST from University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) where he was Director of Education.

Dr Stannard has written extensively about the benefits and opportunities of an all-girls-all-through education in his time at GDST; most notably in Why (and how) girls thrive in girls only schools and The Girls’ Futures Report.

He was responsible for initiatives and international education reform projects including the introduction of the Cambridge Pre-U in both state and independent schools, the promotion of bilingual education in Spain and the Netherlands and the development of a new curriculum for model schools in Egypt. He has also been an advisor on curriculum reform to the Singapore Ministry of Education.

Before joining CIE, Kevin taught at a number of independent schools including Eton College, where he was Head of Geography. While there he wrote a number of geography textbooks, conducted research on a range of geographical themes and was responsible for UCAS applications.