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GLF Schools

GLF Schools was founded in 2012 in order to enable the federation of Glyn School (an academy in 2011) and Danetree Junior School. Together, we began our journey to become a MAT of more than 1000 talented staff working with over 10,000 children in 40 schools across 5 regions in southern England.

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Posted on: 28/02/2018

#GirlsWhoCode

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Did you know that in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) workplace only 24% of employees are female (https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/resources/2017/10/women-in-stem-workforce-2017)?  In STEM management jobs, that falls to only 15%.

 

At Whyteleafe we always try to do better.  50% of our STEM club members and 62% of our Digital Leaders are girls. In order to keep doing better two Year 5 girls have decided to start a #GirlsWhoCode club.  This is part of a worldwide initiative to try and change these statistics (https://girlswhocode.com).  Based mainly in America at the moment: “Girls Who Code was founded five years ago with the belief that computing skills are a critical path to security and prosperity in today’s job market.”  And we believe that the first step starts at Whyteleafe