Public benefit
The GDST is committed to academic excellence, and, by providing a broad-based education, to turning out confident, caring, well-rounded young women and men in whom individuality of thought and action is teamed with social responsibility.

We seek as far as possible to educate pupils of promise, irrespective of their financial means. We help a broad range of students to develop their full potential and give them the greatest opportunities.

Our fees are, in comparison to some other independent schools, relatively modest and therefore more affordable to a wider range of families.

The Belvedere Academy is the GDST's first academy and marks the beginning of an exciting new phase in the long history of our commitment to excellence in education.

It builds on principles of access and inclusion which have been the mainstay of the GDST’s philosophy since its foundation, and allows a successful public private partnership to continue.

Every GDST school engages in a range of activities which provide tangible benefit to the school's local community.

The GDST and its schools continue to develop existing arrangements and explore further opportunities for sharing their facilities and experience, for example, by way of master classes, summer schools and mentoring arrangements.