All News
11.10.22
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 …
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
ENGLISH
06.10.22
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.…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
SCIENCE
26.09.22
It is fabulous to see that our fantastic climbing frame has finally made it to us for the start of the new term in September 2022. Way back in 2019 at a PTA meeting it was decided that The College and the Melrose PTA would work together and combine their funds to install some new play equipment in …
NEWS
MELROSE ,
JUNIOR SCHOOL ,
FOREST SCHOOL ,
WELL-BEING
22.09.22
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…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM
12.09.22
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…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM
25.08.22
Students at The Ladies’ College have achieved impressive results for this year’s GCSE cohort and will now look ahead to the next stage of their education as they enter Sixth Form.
Over 63 students sat GCSE examinations in 21 subjects, this year, the first year to sit official exams since the begi…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL
17.08.22
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 …
NEWS
SIXTH FORM ,
SIXTH FORM CAREERS
02.08.22
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.
Arrangements
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM
30.06.22
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…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
CLASSICS
29.06.22
Mrs Ozanne joined the Junior School, Melrose in September 2002 to teach Form II, having located to Guernsey after meeting and falling in love with a local gentleman ... Rick Ozanne!
Elaine apparently arrived in Guernsey with the impression that the surname of Ozanne was very rare and sophistica…
NEWS
MELROSE ,
PRE-PREPARATORY ,
JUNIOR SCHOOL
29.06.22
Looking back over your first full term as Principal, what were your first impressions of the school when you started?
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 …
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
MELROSE ,
PRE-PREPARATORY ,
JUNIOR SCHOOL
29.06.22
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…
NEWS
SIXTH FORM ,
SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT
17.06.22
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…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
06.06.22
Every year Upper Fifth student, Hattie Jinks has had her birthday flag flown at various iconic places on the island, and this year her parents asked permission if it could be raised at her school as she celebrates her 16th birthday. Previous places include, Castle Cornet, Fort Grey and last year, …
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
HISTORY
01.06.22
The Ladies' College Junior School, Melrose, was awash with red, white and blue today as girls and staff wore the colours of the Union Jack to school to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. All classes had great fun finding out about the Queen’s reign and creating Jubilee art such as crowns, flag…
NEWS
MELROSE ,
PRE-PREPARATORY ,
JUNIOR SCHOOL
31.05.22
On the evening of Monday 30th May, many of our Lower School musicians took to the stage to display their talents. We host two of these evenings each year and they are definitely firm favourites in the Music Department calendar.
Students in Remove, Lower Four and Upper Four are invited to perform …
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
MUSIC
24.05.22
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
18.05.22
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
17.05.22
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
16.05.22
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