insideKENT Magazine Issue 31 - October 2014 | Page 133

EDUCATION ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Aiming High – Giving Girls a Leading Edge At Bromley High School we teach girls to be properly ambitious: to aspire not simply to achieve academically at school but to develop the skills which will make them leaders in adult life. The education we offer is one of all round opportunity but perhaps the greatest inheritance from Bromley High's long history has been the tradition of challenging girls to take on significant leadership roles. Fundamental to this philosophy, at the pinnacle of the school, is our Head Girls’ Team, sixth-formers who provide role models of caring, creative and dynamic female leadership which sometimes run counter to the representations of women which girls encounter in modern media. This year, our youngest pupils can look up to Prefects who row or run at National Level, who are applying for Sports Scholarships at Princeton, Politics at Oxford, Languages at Cambridge, who dance at a professional level, who sing and play to an exceptional standard. These impressive young women are at the heart of our school chairing the School Council; captaining sports teams; leading assemblies; organising our charitable, entrepreneurial and environmental initiatives. At every stage in school life, from Reception onwards, girls are encouraged to develop qualities of initiative and resolve. Vast numbers of girls participate in the Duke of Edinburgh’s award scheme, relishing the challenge of volunteering in the local community or testing their resilience on expedition in the Brecon Beacons. Girls find their feet quickly in our fun-loving and friendly community and just as quickly find their individual voice – it is essential to a Bromley High education that girls are encouraged to develop independent ideas and opinions and to engage in tolerant and informed debate. In a selective girls’ school, creativity and collaboration drive learning just as much as intellectual curiosity and academic competition. Enterprising, enthusiastic and outward looking, we believe that it is not just exceptional examination results which give Bromley High girls the leading edge, it is a passion for learning and an ambition to excel. Angela Drew, Headmistress, Bromley High School Open Events: Saturday 4th October 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm; Sixth Form Open Evening, Tuesday 7th October, at 6.45pm. We also hold Open Events in March and May. Regular Taster Sessions run throughout the year in the Junior and Senior Schools. Please contact the school via our website: www.bromleyhigh.gdst.net or our admissions office on [email protected] or Tel [phone] to arrange a visit. 133