Student Leadership

Roles of Responsibility

Many of the opportunities offered at DGGS are designed to nurture student leaders. From Year 7 students are given the opportunity to take an active role within the school community. An important role is that of Form Captain, supporting the Form Tutor in registration, organising form events and attending meetings with the other Form Captains in their year group, their Head of Year and Mrs Pritchard every term. Form Captains take along ideas and any queries and disseminate information back to form groups. Sports Captains are responsible for organising the teams for Interhouse sports tournaments and Sports Day. Every form also has a Philanthropic Representative who helps to collect money for the chosen class charity, and and a Diversity Representative who takes an active role in developing our school's diversity programme.

By the time students reach the Sixth Form the opportunities to lead within the school community are myriad.

Head Student Team (HST)

The Student Leadership Team in 2024-2025 consists of the two Head Students and the six House Captains. They are role models within our community and often represent the school at public functions and important school events. The application and selection process is rigorous for these very popular positions.

Head Students 2024-2025

Glory

Isabelle

House Captains 2024-2025
Rihana	Chartwell
Holly	Hever
Olivia	Ightham
Angel	Knole
Suzanna	Leeds
Sarah	Penshurst

Sixth Form House Teams

The Houses are run by the House Captain, assisted by two Deputy House Captains. A senior member of staff supports. They play a key role in our School Community, maintaining their House Board, leading House Assemblies and encouraging their Houses to raise money for charities and to collect House Points.

Deputy House Captains 2024-2025
Jennifer	Chartwell
Clevitte	Chartwell
Mabel	Hever
Saumya	Hever
Zsofia	Ightham
Geshan	Ightham
Ella	Knole
Tami	Knole
Shayna	Leeds
Nana	Leeds
Dara	Penshurst

Other Leadership Roles 2024-2025
Philanthropic Lead	Diversity Lead	Sports Lead	STEM Lead
Kimberley	Temitope	Mayowa	Millie
Rebecca	Neo	Anji	Bethel
Kezia	Rahmatalahi		Suvetha
Abhina	Christabel

Mentor Lead	Mrs Mason
Safeguarding Lead	Mrs Mason
Diversity Lead	Miss Longley/Miss Watson
Philanthropic Lead	Mrs Kidd
Sports Lead	Miss Hewlett
STEM Lead	Mrs Sanders

School Prefects

Year 12 students have the opportunity to become a Subject Prefects. This provides an excellent opportunity for the development of leadership skills. Many of these students will go on to hold senior offices in Year 13, which could include being a Sports Captain, leading the Philanthropic Committee, running societies such as MEDICS or The Law Society and many more.

Meeting with the Headteacher

The Head Students, as well as Form Captains, meet regularly with Mrs Pritchard. This affords them the opportunity to raise issues, share their opinions and have their voice heard by the Headteacher.