The new GO Forward programme involving Old Girls, at Godolphin School, offers students invaluable preparation for life after school, writes Emma Hattersley.

Godolphin School is a girls' school based in Wiltshire

Networking and mentoring feature widely within our school and are central to the success of a Godolphin education. They are the catalyst, the vital component, at the heart of the relationships that support a girl?s development during her journey through to adulthood.
Among the key players in the network are our teachers, tutors, house staff, support staff and coaches in a variety of sports and co-curricular pursuits. Of equal importance is the student networking and mentoring culture we encourage. All this engenders a structure that is connected in its aims, enhancing individual progress and driving the productivity of the community as a whole.
Emma Hattersley head of Godolphin, Wiltshire

Elizabeth Godolphin
While this system is accepted and functions effectively for the girls as an essential part of their lives in school, we have been giving increasing consideration to what lies ahead of them in the world beyond. Our highly innovative sixth form programme, the Elizabeth Godolphin Award (or EGA), established two years? ago, is hugely benefitting our girls and successfully addressing the deficit in ?soft skills? generally identified in school lea...