Girls in a girls' school.

Susan Higgins, headteacher of Parliament Hill girls school, believes that while the past decade has focused the gender debate on boys, there is still a job of work to be done around girls and achievement. Middle-class girls and girls from families with high aspirations may be doing well, but there i...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Double Exposure/Flashback TV (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: [England] : Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education, 2008.
Series:Education in video
Gender in the UK ; 1
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Susan Higgins, headteacher of Parliament Hill girls school, believes that while the past decade has focused the gender debate on boys, there is still a job of work to be done around girls and achievement. Middle-class girls and girls from families with high aspirations may be doing well, but there is a culture of low aspirations in other groups, which schools need to tackle. Her school's intake includes students from a ward with some of the highest national incidences of domestic violence, plus a population whose diversity raises a range of gender issues for girls. This film explores how the school tackles some of these issues and seeks to promote ambition and achievement amongst all its girls.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:1 online resource (19 min.).