The GDST (Girls' Day School Trust) is the UK's leading network of independent girls’ schools, with over 3,500 staff, and near ... ly 19,000 students between the ages of three and 18. As a charity that owns and runs a network of 23 schools and two academies in England and Wales, it reinvests all its income in its schools. Founded in 1872, the GDST has a long history of pioneering innovation in the education of girls, and is the largest single educator of girls in the UK (and the UK’s largest educational charity). GDST schools and Academies: ● The Belvedere Academy, Liverpool ● Birkenhead High School Academy ● Blackheath High School ● Brighton & Hove High School ● Bromley High School ● Croydon High School ● Howell’s School, Llandaff, Cardiff ● Kensington Prep School ● Newcastle High School for Girls ● Northampton High School ● Northwood College for Girls ● Norwich High School for Girls ● Notting Hill & Ealing High School ● Nottingham Girls’ High School ● Oxford High School ● Portsmouth High School ● Putney High School ● The Royal High School, Bath ● Sheffield High School ● Shrewsbury High School ● South Hampstead High School ● Streatham & Clapham High School ● Sutton High School ● Sydenham High School ● Wimbledon High School read more