In this video discussion, Emma McKendrick, headmistress of Downe House School in Berkshire, speaks candidly to Helen Wright about the enduring popularity of girls’ education and its prospects for the future.
They talk about the importance of parental choice and the contribution of girls’ schools to the wider community.
McKendrick talks about her school’s recent move to open an outpost in Muscat, Oman, creating the first all-girls school set up by an all-girls school in the region.