What happens to head girls?

It is the biggest honour a schoolgirl can earn. But does it lead to a lifetime of high achievement? Vanessa Thorpe tracks down five former head girls 30 years on, and discovers a familiar pattern emerging... I still have the badge: a red shield with "Head Girl" etched across the front. Dented and scuffed, it looks like something from the 1940s. It has not been thrown away because every few years, when it falls out of some old documents, it elicits a smile of amused pride. I am also a bit dented ...