Cheltenham Ladies' College

The Cheltenham Ladies' College

Motto	Cœlesti Luce Crescat (May she grow in Heavenly light)
Established	1853
Type	independent boarding and day school
Principal	Eve Jardine-Young
Location	Bayshill Road Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3EP England, United Kingdom
Staff	215
Students	870
Gender	Girls
Ages	11–18
Colours	Green
Website	www.cheltladiescollege.org

The Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

History

The school was founded in 1853. In 1858, the Principal's post was taken by Dorothea Beale, a prominent Suffragette educator who founded St Hilda's College, Oxford.

The school crest depicts two doves, taken from the Cheltenham town shield, above three stars, which are in turn above a daisy, a prominent school symbol.

Present day

The school uniform consists of a white blouse, green skirt and green jumper with a badge featuring the House colours. Sixth Form girls are given the option of trousers or pencil skirts (navy with pinstripes). There are occasional days when girls are allowed to wear their own choice of clothes in return for a donation to charity. All girls carry the School Sack.

Academic

The school works around the pupils, giving them free choice in what they excel in. A broad range of subject combinations is available to girls at GCSE, A Level. The school offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma at Sixth Form. Tutors are full-time academic members of staff and advise girls on matters relating to their academic work and progress, including university advice and applications. Most students go on to continue higher education at a range of top universities both in the UK and America such as the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge among others. A large and successful^{[citation needed]} alumnae association of over 9,000 former pupils keep in contact and offer work placements and careers advice to girls.

Pastoral

Students are supervised by a Housemistress, the House Staff and a Tutor, and are part of a House.

Girls who board live in one of thirteen boarding houses. There are nine junior houses for 11-16 year olds, and four senior houses for sixth form girls. The junior houses are Farnley Lodge, Glenlee, Sidney Lodge, St. Austin's, St. Helen's, St. Margaret's. At Sixth Form all girls move to a senior house. The senior houses are Beale, Cambray, Elizabeth and St. Hilda's. Each house is run by a housemistress and several resident staff (matrons). The housemistresses have a lighter teaching load with a full-time commitment supervising their boarders.

Junior day girls have their own base in Eversleigh, where the three junior houses, Bellairs, Glengar and St. Clare, are located. Bayshill Court is the home of the senior day girl house, Bayshill, and the first Housemaster in the 155 year history of the College.

Extra-curricular

Music and Drama departments offer a number of productions each year involving all age groups. Over 900 individual instrumental lessons take place each week. A new Performing Arts Centre opened in September 2009. Over 30 sports are offered, and students are encouraged to maintain physical fitness with physical exercise. Eighty other extra-curricular activities are available.^{[citation needed]} There are nine junior houses Glenlee, Sidney Lodge, Farnley Lodge, St Margaret's, St Helen's, St Austins, Bellairs, Glengar and St Clare's.

Admissions

Entrance to The Cheltenham Ladies’ College is by examination for girls aged 11+, 12+, 13+ and at Sixth Form, where only a select number of top students will be admitted. A number of academic, art, music and sports scholarships are awarded each year and financial assistance with fees is available. Girls applying to the Sixth Form are required to achieve A*s at GCSE or IGCSE in the subject they intend to study for A-levels.

Guild - Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College

Guild is the association of College's former pupils.

The arts

Florence Farr, actress and mistress of George Bernard Shaw Bridget Riley, artist Sophie Solomon, violinist Kristin Scott Thomas, actress Katherine Hamnett, fashion designer

Damaris Hayman, actress Charlotte Reather, comedy writer and actress Talulah Riley, actress Amanda Wakeley, fashion designer

Business

• Nicola Horlick, business woman

Politics

Cheryl Gillan, Member of Parliament and Secretary of State for Wales Carolyn Kirby, first female President of the Law Society Lesley Knox, founder of British Linen Advisors, ex-Director of the Bank of Scotland Rachel Lomax, the first woman Deputy Governor of the Bank of England

Fiona MacTaggart, Member of Parliament Gareth Peirce, defence lawyer Sally Keeble, politician

The Sciences

Mary Archer, scientist Maud Cunnington, archaeologist Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd Bennett, medical practitioner and scientist[1] Lillias Hamilton, doctor and author

Liz Miller, former neurosurgeon and mental health campaigner Margaret Lowenfeld paediatrician and child psychotherapist Sister Frances Dominica Ritchie, nurse Helena Rosa Wright (née Lowenfeld) doctor and pioneer of family planning Dorothy Maude one of the first women doctors and founded four hospitals in serbia during the war.

Journalism/Authors

Phyllis Bentley, author Katharine Burdekin, author Rosie Boycott, journalist D. K. Broster, novelist Katharine Burdekin, novelist Amy Key Clarke, mystical poet, author and senior teacher at the school, also wrote histories of the school Beatrice Harraden, writer and suffragette Cherry Healey, journalist Phoebe Hesketh, poet

Lady Oppenheimer[clarification needed] May Sinclair, writer Caroline Spurgeon, literary critic Jenny Uglow, biographer Margaret Winifred Vowles, author Sarah Wardle, poet Janet E. Courtney, writer Betty Ridley, journalist Margaret Kennedy, novelist Kate Reardon, journalist

Other

Annette Bear-Crawford, suffragette Tamara Beckwith, socialite Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, 11th Duchess of Bedford[2][clarification needed] Lisa Jardine, historian Princess of Baroda[clarification needed], Indian Royalty Lady Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force and Chief Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service

Agnes Royden, preacher and suffragette Jane Ellen Harrison, classical scholar Mary Boyce, Zoroastrian studies Victoria Wahba, born Victoria Khalil Ibrahim Pasha, first Egyptian to attend the College and who went on to St. Hilda's as the first Egyptian woman at Oxford. Susan Lindsey Russell, Sue Trolle ambassador to Bornholm, Denmark.[clarification needed]

Inspections

The school was last inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in October 2008,^[3] the last Office for Standards in Education inspection of boarding facilities took place in May 2008.^[4]

Notes

1. ^ Curthoys, Ann (1979). "Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd (1872 - 1960)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 7 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 265–266. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070265b.htm?hilite=abbotsleigh. Retrieved 2008-01-17. 
2. ^ Buxton, M (2010). "The High Flying Duchess", Woodperry Books. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
3. ^ Inspection Report on The Cheltenham Ladies' College Independent Schools Inspectorate, 2008.
4. ^ Cheltenham Ladies College, Inspection report for boarding schools Office for Standards in Education, 2008.

References

• Cheltenham Ladies' College Official website.
• Cheltenham Ladies' College Guild Official website.
• Cheltenham Ladies' College profile at the Good Schools Guide.
• Cheltenham Ladies' College page at SchoolsGuideBook.co.uk.

Coordinates: 51°53′52″N 2°4′53″W / 51.89778°N 2.08139°W / 51.89778; -2.08139