By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:14 EST, 19 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:19 EST, 19 March 2013 . The Pakistani teenager nursed back to health in Britain after being gunned down by the Taliban returned to school yesterday. Malala Yousafzai, 15, was shot in the head by extremists opposed to her campaign for girls' education. She was attacked by gunmen who boarded her school bus in Pakistan last October.Close to death, she was flown to Britain for treatment, and surgeons at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham saved her life. Scroll down for video . From Pakistan to Birmingham: Malala Yousafzai, 15, was gunned down by . the Taliban in revenge for her campaigning on girls' education, but began her studies at Edgbaston High School for Girls . She had a five-hour operation to fit a . titanium plate over her damaged skull. She also had a cochlear implant . fitted as her injuries had left her partially deaf. She left hospital in January and yesterday started lessons at the fee-paying Edgbaston High School for Girls in Birmingham. She has joined Year 9 and will be studying a full curriculum in preparation for selecting her GCSE subjects. 'I am excited that today I have . achieved my dream of going back to school,' she said. 'I want all girls . in the world to have this basic opportunity. I miss my classmates from . Pakistan very much but I am looking forward to meeting my teachers and . making new friends here in Birmingham.' Fresh start: Malala walked to school in Birmingham accompanied by her father, Ziauddin . Malala and her parents are now  rebuilding their lives after settling in Birmingham. Her father has been appointed education attache at the Pakistan consulate in the city . Edgbaston High School is an . independent day school for girls aged from two-and-a-half to 18. Founded . in 1876, it is Birmingham's oldest independent girls' school. The Pakistani government will be paying her £10,000 a year school fees. New classroom: Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head after demanding all girls be allowed to go to school, is shown around her new school, Edgbaston High School for girls in Birmingham, by headmistress Ruth Weeks . New facilities: Malala Yousafzai, 15, who was shot in the head, has defied her attackers by returning to school today - but this time in Birmingham today. She was shown around by headmistress Ruth Weeks . Her efforts saw her gunned down from point blank range by a Taliban assassin who stormed on to her school bus on October 9. She escaped death by a matter of . inches when the bullet entered just above her left eye and ran along her . jaw, 'grazing' her brain. Doctors in Pakistan managed to remove . the bullet and Malala was flown to the UK for emergency treatment at . Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, where staff are more accustomed . to treating soldiers shot on foreign battlefields. Malala Yousafzai . The schoolgirl's plight attracted . international attention, and she became a symbol of the battle for . girls' education around the world. As surgeons battled to save her, supporters gathered to hold vigils, bearing signs emblazoned with the slogan; I Am Malala. Just days after her operation, she was filmed sitting up in bed as she pledged to continue her fight to promote women's rights. The 15-year-old was finally discharged from hospital . in Birmingham last month after undergoing intensive surgery to try and . repair the damage caused by the gunshot wound. Today as Malala started her first day of lessons at Edgbaston High, girls around the world who are denied the right to an education were still at the forefront of her mind. 'I am excited that today I have achieved my dream of going back to school,' she said, before adding: 'I want all girls in the world to have this basic opportunity. 'I miss my classmates from Pakistan very much but I am looking forward to meeting my teachers and making new friends here in Birmingham.' Recovery: The teenager underwent surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after being shot on her way home from school in Pakistan's Swat Valley . British education: Malala has joined girls in Year 9 at Edgbaston High, where she will study a full curriculum . There was a heavy security presence at the £3,000-a-term school where the sealed front gates were manned by two guards. One parent collecting her child from the school gates this afternoon said: 'The school know how much of an inspiration she is but they have told the girls to treat her like any other pupil. 'She doesn't want any special treatment and she has fitted in fine so far. 'Like any new girl at a new school, she was a little nervous. But she will be fine, I'm sure. It is a good school.' Targeted: The young activist was transported from a military hospital to an air base in Rawalpindi to be flown to Britain after she was shot in October . Critical: The plane that carried Malala from Pakistan to Britain is seen on the runway at Chakala Airbase . Support: Campaigners gathered in Birmingham to show their support for the injured schoolgirl as surgeons battled to save her life at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital . Malala has been living with her father . Ziauddin, mother Toorpekai, 40, and brothers Khushal, 12, and Atul, . eight, at a safe house in Birmingham. It . is thought she may take up permanent residence in the UK after her . father began working with the Pakistani consulate in Birmingham. Malala's school fees are being paid by the Pakistani government. Edgbaston High School is an independent day school for girls aged two and a half to 18. Founded in 1876, it is Birmingham's oldest independent girls' school.
Young women's rights campaigner, 15, was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan .
She was flown to Britain where surgeons fought to save her life .
Doctors discharged the teenager from hospital in Birmingham last month .
Today was Malala's first day at Edgbaston High School for Girls .
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:14 EST, 19 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:19 EST, 19 March 2013 . The Pakistani teenager nursed back to health in Britain after being gunned down by the Taliban returned to school yesterday. Malala Yousafzai, 15, was shot in the head by extremists opposed to her campaign for girls' education. She was attacked by gunmen who boarded her school bus in Pakistan last October.Close to death, she was flown to Britain for treatment, and surgeons at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham saved her life. Scroll down for video . From Pakistan to Birmingham: Malala Yousafzai, 15, was gunned down by . the Taliban in revenge for her campaigning on girls' education, but began her studies at Edgbaston High School for Girls . She had a five-hour operation to fit a . titanium plate over her damaged skull. She also had a cochlear implant . fitted as her injuries had left her partially deaf. She left hospital in January and yesterday started lessons at the fee-paying Edgbaston High School for Girls in Birmingham. She has joined Year 9 and will be studying a full curriculum in preparation for selecting her GCSE subjects. 'I am excited that today I have . achieved my dream of going back to school,' she said. 'I want all girls . in the world to have this basic opportunity. I miss my classmates from . Pakistan very much but I am looking forward to meeting my teachers and . making new friends here in Birmingham.' Fresh start: Malala walked to school in Birmingham accompanied by her father, Ziauddin . Malala and her parents are now rebuilding their lives after settling in Birmingham. Her father has been appointed education attache at the Pakistan consulate in the city . Edgbaston High School is an . independent day school for girls aged from two-and-a-half to 18. Founded . in 1876, it is Birmingham's oldest independent girls' school. The Pakistani government will be paying her £10,000 a year school fees. New classroom: Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head after demanding all girls be allowed to go to school, is shown around her new school, Edgbaston High School for girls in Birmingham, by headmistress Ruth Weeks . New facilities: Malala Yousafzai, 15, who was shot in the head, has defied her attackers by returning to school today - but this time in Birmingham today. She was shown around by headmistress Ruth Weeks . Her efforts saw her gunned down from point blank range by a Taliban assassin who stormed on to her school bus on October 9. She escaped death by a matter of . inches when the bullet entered just above her left eye and ran along her . jaw, 'grazing' her brain. Doctors in Pakistan managed to remove . the bullet and Malala was flown to the UK for emergency treatment at . Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, where staff are more accustomed . to treating soldiers shot on foreign battlefields. Malala Yousafzai . The schoolgirl's plight attracted . international attention, and she became a symbol of the battle for . girls' education around the world. As surgeons battled to save her, supporters gathered to hold vigils, bearing signs emblazoned with the slogan; I Am Malala. Just days after her operation, she was filmed sitting up in bed as she pledged to continue her fight to promote women's rights. The 15-year-old was finally discharged from hospital . in Birmingham last month after undergoing intensive surgery to try and . repair the damage caused by the gunshot wound. Today as Malala started her first day of lessons at Edgbaston High, girls around the world who are denied the right to an education were still at the forefront of her mind. 'I am excited that today I have achieved my dream of going back to school,' she said, before adding: 'I want all girls in the world to have this basic opportunity. 'I miss my classmates from Pakistan very much but I am looking forward to meeting my teachers and making new friends here in Birmingham.' Recovery: The teenager underwent surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after being shot on her way home from school in Pakistan's Swat Valley . British education: Malala has joined girls in Year 9 at Edgbaston High, where she will study a full curriculum . There was a heavy security presence at the £3,000-a-term school where the sealed front gates were manned by two guards. One parent collecting her child from the school gates this afternoon said: 'The school know how much of an inspiration she is but they have told the girls to treat her like any other pupil. 'She doesn't want any special treatment and she has fitted in fine so far. 'Like any new girl at a new school, she was a little nervous. But she will be fine, I'm sure. It is a good school.' Targeted: The young activist was transported from a military hospital to an air base in Rawalpindi to be flown to Britain after she was shot in October . Critical: The plane that carried Malala from Pakistan to Britain is seen on the runway at Chakala Airbase . Support: Campaigners gathered in Birmingham to show their support for the injured schoolgirl as surgeons battled to save her life at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital . Malala has been living with her father . Ziauddin, mother Toorpekai, 40, and brothers Khushal, 12, and Atul, . eight, at a safe house in Birmingham. It . is thought she may take up permanent residence in the UK after her . father began working with the Pakistani consulate in Birmingham. Malala's school fees are being paid by the Pakistani government. Edgbaston High School is an independent day school for girls aged two and a half to 18. Founded in 1876, it is Birmingham's oldest independent girls' school.
Yousafzai, 15, was shot in the head by extremists flown to Britain for treatment, and surgeons at by . the Taliban in revenge for her campaigning Edgbaston High School for Girls in Birmingham. brain. Doctors in Pakistan managed to remove . 15-year-old was finally discharged from hospital . in Birmingham last month after undergoing started her first day of lessons at Edgbaston