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New Governor Appointment

The Ladies’ College is delighted to announce the appointment by the States of Guernsey, following her nomination by the Committee for Education, Sports and Culture, of Eve Jardine-Young, the current Principal of Cheltenham Ladies’ College, as its new Governor with responsibility for the Board’s ov…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MELROSE , PRE-PREPARATORY , JUNIOR SCHOOL

'Old girl' turned local author

To mark the start of the Guernsey Literary Festival and the Liberation weekend celebrations, José Day, a Ladies' College ‘old girl’ and school governor for twenty years, presented the College library with two copies of her new book, ‘The People’s Messenger’ - The Occupation Diary of Louis Guillemet…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , HISTORY , LIBRARY , GUILD

Senior School Spring Concert

The Senior School held their celebration of music at the beginning of this term, delighted to be able to host an actual event that had been previously cancelled due Covid related illness. Performers were supported by a large audience including His excellency Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell CB C…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MUSIC

The Ladies’ College bolsters digital offering with innovative new programme

At The Ladies’ College, we have introduced a new and innovative Digital Enterprise programme, which Lower Five (Year 10) students can elect to undertake alongside their GCSE options.

The course was created to help student to meet the requirements of professional industries and to support them as …

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Safeguarding Awareness Week

This week The Ladies’ College will be celebrating ‘Safeguarding Awareness Week’. The inaugural Safeguarding Awareness Week run by Times Educational Supplement is an opportunity to explore what it means to feel safe, particularly in light of the recent reports of the rise of sexual harassment in sch…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , WELL-BEING , PSHEE , SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT

Excellent Independent Schools Inspectorate Report

The Ladies’ College has achieved the highest ranking awarded by Independent Schools Inspections, with ‘excellent’ ratings across the board.

Feedback from the inspection stated that the students’ achievement and ambitions to reach successful outcomes ‘has fulfilled the school’s aim, to be the best…

NEWS  PRE-SCHOOL , SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MELROSE , PRE-PREPARATORY , JUNIOR SCHOOL

Public Speaking competition 10 year anniversary

On Monday 4th April, the final of the Monachan Memorial Trophy for public speaking was held in the Drama Studio, marking the 10th anniversary of this prestigious College competition.

There were six finalists, two from each of the classes in Upper Four (Year 9). The English Department was deli…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , ENGLISH

Award-winning author, Lisa Thompson, visits College

To celebrate this event Lisa Thompson, the 2020 Winner of the Channel Island Children’s Book Awards, visited The Ladies' College to talk to students in Remove and Lower Four on Wednesday 30th March to address them in the hall…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , ENGLISH , LIBRARY

College recognised as Microsoft Showcase School

The Ladies’ College has been awarded Microsoft Showcase School status, which recognises the innovative use of technology, a student-centered approach, development of future ready skills and the expansion of Microsoft and Adobe training and qualifications.

The College is the only school in the Cha…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Girls Supporting Girls

This year the theme of International Women's Day is #breakthebias and that is what the students are doing in the 'Girls Supporting Girls' club which runs every Tuesday lunchtime.

The club is run by Deputy Principal (Pastoral) Dr Mitchell with the aim (in conjunction with Tumaini Fund

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , WELL-BEING , PSHEE

Ladies' Networking Event 2022

The College welcomed incoming Principal, Ms Daniele Harford-Fox, as the guest speaker at its annual networking event, in support of this year’s International Women’s Day (Tuesday 8th March), the theme of which is .

Ms Harford-Fox says: ‘I am very much looking forward to joining T…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MELROSE , JUNIOR SCHOOL , WELL-BEING , SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT

Annual House Gym and Dance Competition

Congratulations to the students who took part in the annual House Gym and Dance Competition at the end of last half term.

Despite the event being held in Key Stages, this year, the standard was as high as ever. The Sixth Formers were delighted to be able to entertain their peers with some fun and…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MELROSE , JUNIOR SCHOOL , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Students part of the new Lieutenant Governor parade

Students from both the Junior and Senior school were delighted to be asked to line the streets of St Peter Port this morning to welcome Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell CB, CBE to his installation service as the new Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bailiwick this morning.

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NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MELROSE , JUNIOR SCHOOL

Launch of the Wellbeing Hub to College community

Following the Wellbeing Award win last year, The Ladies’ College Senior School has further underpinned its commitment to pastoral care with investment in a new Wellbeing Hub to support students, teachers and parents.

The College is currently the only school on the island to provide this offering.…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , WELL-BEING

Upper Five fundraise for their Prom

A group of students from Upper Five staged a fundraising event to raise money for their end of year Prom. Over £400 was raised by their car washing efforts.

Isabella, one of the event organisers was very impressed with the turn out, "Thank you very much to everyone who came and supported the Upp…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL

History Department receives Gold Quality Mark

For the second time, The Ladies’ College has been awarded the prestigious Gold Quality Mark for its History Department. Mrs Caroline Montague, Joint Head of History said:

“A rich and nuanced understanding of History, at a local level, UK-wide and globally, helps young people to understand the wor…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , HISTORY

Supporting local charities

The Ladies' College Senior and Junior Schools have ended term in the Christmas spirit by raising money for local charities. Students and staff donated tins of produce which the school's student-led Charities Committee took to Guernsey Welfare to be added to their Christmas Foodbank.

On Thursday, …

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MELROSE , SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT

Students shine at Lower School concert

On Tuesday 9th November an evening of essentially informal yet demanding music-making took place with entertainment provided by a talented selection of Lower School students from the Senior School. Commendable soloists, vocal and instrumental groups and joyful choirs provided a varied and interesti…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , MUSIC

Commemoration Service 2021

The annual commemoration service was led at the end of term on October 21st by Mrs Henderson, Head of History, who is planning for the 150th anniversary, in 2022, of the establishment of The Ladies’ College. It was an opportunity to unveil new portraits, restored and enlarged from old photographs i…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , HISTORY , GUILD

Back to School Q&A with Dr Mitchell

1. How does The Ladies’ College approach to pastoral care differ from all other schools?

The benefit of a girls-only learning environment is that you can specialise in “all-things-girls”. We know how they learn, what works and what doesn’t. Their friendship dynamics, their motivators and the im…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , SIXTH FORM CAREERS , WELL-BEING , SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT