Howell's School Llandaff

Infobox UK school
name = Howells School Llandaff
city = Cardiff
county = South Glamorgan
staff =
students =
gender = Girls 4-16 Coeducational 16-18
lower_age = 4
upper_age = 18
colours =
website = http://www.gdst.net/howells-llandaff/
website_name = Howells School Homepage

Howell’s School Llandaff is a private school in Llandaff, Wales. The school teaches children from the age of 3-5 years up to 18, and contains a nursery, junior, senior school and a sixth form college. Historically a girls’ school, Howell's has, from September 2005, admitted boys into the school’s sixth form, which has been renamed as Howell's Sixth Form College.

In 1537, Thomas Howell, a Welsh merchant trading in Bristol, London and Seville, bequeathed 12,000 gold ducats. to the Drapers’ Guild (latterly the Company of Drapers) to provide dowries “every yere for Maydens for ever.” His “Merchant’s Mark” is still used as a logo for the school. The school's magazine is called the "Golden Ducat" in reference to the bequest.

In 1860 the Company of Drapers founded the school, housed in a building designed by Decimus Burton, on the outskirts of the village of Llandaff. Another school was founded by the same charity at Denbigh in 1859. Also in this year, the school opened to its first pupils, with Miss Baldwin and the first Headmistress.

In 1980 the school joined the Girls' Day School Trust (then the "Girls’ Public Day School Trust").

In 2006 The school opened the GDST's first co-education sixth form with the admission of 26 boys into year 12.

The Principal's Message

As educators I think we face the challenge to equip all our children and young people with the skills needed in a rapidly changing and competitive world. Society in the 21st century is set in a fast-moving and complex technological and social landscape. Access to the internet, together with better telecommunication systems and affordable travel, is continuously widening our knowledge of the world. Developing our excellent ICT provision, increasing our languages provision and the international dimension are some of my top priorities for the school. It is also essential to ensure that we teach the children how to think and work. This starts, of course, in the Nursery with developing a child’s emotional intelligence. It continues in the Junior School by talking to the children about how their brain works and in the Senior School and College by encouraging students to think about their multiple intelligences and how best to use them all in order to improve their performance. This is something I feel passionately about and will be continuing to develop in the school.

It is a privilege to work at Howell’s with talented, dedicated teaching and support staff, wonderful young people and committed and interested parents. I look forward to ensuring that we continue to educate the students of today to become the active, concerned global citizens of tomorrow.

Mrs Sally Davis, Principal

Key dates in the school's history

*1859-60 Howell’s School built.
*1860 Miss Baldwin appointed Headmistress.
*1860 Classes started with 60 pupils.
*1872 Miss Ewing appointed Headmistress.
*1880 Miss Kendall appointed Headmistress.
*1887 Sanatorium built.
*1896 Cookery School built.
*1900 Great Hall built.
*1906 Steward's Wing built.
*1906 Hywelian Guild established.
*1920 Miss Kendall retired.
*1920 Miss Trotter appointed as Headmistress.
*1937 Swimming pool built.
*1937 Miss Knight appointed as Headmistress.
*1941 Miss Lewis appointed as Headmistress.
*1950 Science laboratories built.
*1960 Bryntaf and Oaklands acquired as extra boarding houses.
*1960 Hywelians donated grand piano.
*1978 Miss Turner appointed as Headmistress.
*1980 Howell's School joined the Girls' Day School Trust.
*1984 Junior School for ages 7-11 opened.
*1990 Music Block and Octagon Room built.
*1991 Mrs Jane Fitz appointed as Headmistress.
*1993 Boarding ceased and houses remodelled for the Sixth Form.
*1997 Nursery opened accepting girls from the age of three.
*1997 Sports Hall and Fitness Suite built.
*2001 New laboratory and renovation programme completed.
*2003 New Junior School building and extension project commenced.
*2004 Ty Hapus(Happy House), new building for Junior School completed and Junior School intake doubled.
*2005 Co-educational Sixth Form College established - first young men in school in 145 years.
*2007 Mrs Sally Davis appointed as Headmistress.

Notable Alumnae

*Charlotte Church, opera singer
*Lucy Owen (née Cohen)
*Charlotte Cooke, barrister

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.gdst.net/howells-llandaff/ Howell’s School website]
* [http://www.gdst.net/ Girls’ Day School Trust website]