Recent Press Coverage
Wiltshire Life - September 2012
Dr Wright features in the latest edition of Wiltshire Life on sporting success in girls' schools. Click here to view the article.
Recent press coverage – August-September 2012
Dr Wright has appeared in the Daily Mail, the Sunday Times and on BBC Breakfast, and St Mary's has featured in the local press and the latest Tatler Schools Guide.
A Level 2012 Press Coverage
Dr Wright has been quoted in the Western Daily Press, The Telegraph and the Daily Mail on last week's A Level examination results.
An avalanche of coverage for Dr Wright’s comments on role models
Dr Wright’s speech to the IDPE Conference last week in which she talked about the negative effect of role models like the American reality TV star Kim Kardashian on young women has been discussed by media around the world.
A model of all that is wrong in society?
Coverage of Dr Wright's speech to the IDPE annual conference tomorrow appears across the UK national press today.
The ugly truth: Are reality shows turning a generation of children into bullies?’
In today’s Mirror, Dr Wright is quoted in a feature on how reality television is affecting children.
It's good to share
In this weekend's Sunday Times, Dr Wright was interviewed for an article on social networking and concerns over letting schoolchildren use Facebook.
Great Acts to Follow
St Mary’s Calne is delighted that Ella May (LVI Form) and Olivia Kold (UV Form) have won prestigious places at the National Youth Theatre. Their success features in today's Gazette and Herald.
The dangers of social networking and celebrity role models
Dr Wright’s comments on her concerns about the dangers of social networking and celebrity role models on girls’ behaviour were heavily featured in the national and international media over the weekend and this week.
What can we do to promote a culture of kindness in society?
If you read my comments in today’s Mail on Sunday, you will see that I am warning against the culture of nastiness that often pervades our online (and real-life) world.
Body Confidence
In today's Guardian (1.5.12), Dr Wright applauds the strides forward in tackling body confidence and body image issues with the recent inaugural Body Confidence Awards held at the Palace of Westminster.
Girls give 'chauvinist' peer a lesson in single sex education
The school received some excellent national press coverage today (28.4.12) defending single sex education in the face of comments made by the Good Schools Guide Editor Lord Ralph Lucas.
