{"id":75636,"date":"2025-12-05T15:32:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=75636"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:50:30","slug":"local-independent-school-wins-times-parent-power-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/12\/05\/local-independent-school-wins-times-parent-power-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Independent School wins Times Parent Power award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reported by Jack Landale and Gethin Spencer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the second time in three years, Sheffield Girls&#8217; GDST has been awarded the &#8216;Independent Secondary School of the Year in the North&#8217; following its &#8220;record breaking&#8221; exam season results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school, which has been teaching since 1878, has enjoyed an impressive academic year, with 80% of GCSE grades in the 7-9 bracket compared to the national average of 22%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/school-academics-photo-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/school-academics-photo-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/school-academics-photo-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Source: Sheffield Girls\u2019 GDST)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We spoke to a \u201cdelighted\u201d Rebecca Mills, Director of Marketing and Communications, who said the award \u201cnot only reflects the incredibly hard work of our staff but the amazing achievements of our girls\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said: \u201cOur GCSE and A-level results this summer were nothing short of exceptional and record breaking, both for our region and our school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school also has a \u201cGirls of Steel\u201d character education programme, running from Junior and Infant school all the way to sixth form, and was recently touted as an exceptional strength in the schools December inspection report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/school-steel-photo-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/school-steel-photo-980x656.jpg 980w, https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/school-steel-photo-480x321.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Source: Sheffield Girls\u2019 GDST)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The school has achieved its reputation through a focused and specific learning programme for the girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs Mills commented how \u201cour pedagogy in the classroom as well as our learning environments are built specifically for the way girls learn best and I think the proof is in the pudding\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newly appointed Head Alex Wilson highlighted the importance of the school&#8217;s unity, and in a released statement on the school website said: \u201cWhile our exceptional GCSE and A Level results are rightly celebrated, they represent only a fraction of what makes our school truly special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat defines us is the unique way our girls champion one another, embrace challenges, and ultimately leave us equipped to shape the world with confidence and purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time in three years, Sheffield Girls&#8217; GDST has been awarded the &#8216;Independent Secondary School of the Year in the North&#8217; following its &#8220;record breaking&#8221; exam season results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":75669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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