Comment by Dr Vanessa Mitchell, Deputy Principal (Pastoral)
I saw this graph on Twitter earlier this week and, living and breathing a pastoral role in a girls’ school, it resonated with me. There are no two ways about it. For teenage girls in particular, relationships and what others think of th…
We are thrilled to have been awarded Microsoft Showcase School status for the second year in a row. This status 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. VR techn…
The IoD Leadership Shadowing final took place last night at the offices of KMPG and was another proud success for The Ladies' College Sixth Form students.
16 students from The Ladies' College were placed in various industries and businesses across the island during the Easter and Summer holidays.…
On the 7th October, the English Department was able to take our Sixth Form Literature students to Stratford-Upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace. On Friday, students enjoyed a lecture by Dr Jennifer Waghorn on ‘Hamlet’ which helped to consolidate the students’ learning whilst enjoying the beautiful …
The Ladies’ College has been presented with a Special Award for Community Impact from the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) following a number of pieces of student led independent research including the submission of a research project that resulted in reducing the school’s carbon footprint.…
As part of its plans to celebrate 150 years since opening its doors, The Ladies’ College is delighted to announce it is establishing a bursary scheme, which will be open to students applying to join the school either in Year 7 or the Sixth Form from September 2023.
The College’s fundraising activ…
On Friday 9th September, Principal Daniele Harford-Fox gave a speech to the Senior School following the sad news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
You can read the whole speech below:
Good morning everyone.
As you will now know, yesterday Queen Elizabeth II has sadly died. She was the longe…
With today’s A-level results, pupils from The Ladies’ College will now confidently look ahead to the next stage of their personal development.
The school’s pupils achieved almost 50% A*/A grades and a 100% pass rate.
The past few years have been challenging with unprecedented changes in exams …
We look forward to welcoming your daughter back in September. As always, we stagger the start of the first day. Should you daughter need to arrive earlier than her start time, please contact her Year Co-ordinator before 8th September.
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Sic transit gloria mundi; you can look it up for yourself. It seems both an apt and poignant phrase as we bid farewell, to Miss Geach as our longest serving member of staff. I was going to write the 'place' of Latin within our curriculum, but that would be wrong because, as Miss Geach has often o…
On my first day, it was clear that this was an authentic and grounded place. I was surrounded by a smorgasboard of different individuals, but at the same time, there was a strong …
Two of our Lower Sixth students are travelling across the globe to The Zanzibar Archipelago which consists of several islands lying off the coast of East Africa.
Fabienne and Caitlin commented,
"On the 12th of July 2022 we will leave Guernsey to start a one week of volunteering in Nungwi, Zanz…
We love celebrating our students’ achievements and they certainly give us plenty to shout about!
Here, Lower Sixth student Helena shares her experience of cycling in the recent Tour of Cambridgeshire.
Well done, Helena!
"Over the weekend of 11th-12th June, I travelled to the UK with 9 ot…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
On Monday 28th March leading activist, advocate and writer Gina Martin spoke to Ladies’ and Elizabeth College Sixth Form students about her work fighting for gender equality in the latest Principal’s Lecture;
“I had a really great time speaking at The Ladies’ College, Guernsey. Telling my story…
Every year, Brock University in St Catharine’s, Canada, awards a full academic scholarship to a student in Guernsey. This partnership has been ongoing for many years and honours the legacy of local Guernsey man Sir Isaac Brock who commanded the British and Canadian forces during the War of 1812.
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