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Platinum Jubilee Junior School picnic

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

Lower School Music Concert

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

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

Gina Martin talks to Sixth Form

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…

NEWS  SIXTH FORM , SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT

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

Student awarded Brock scholarship

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.

NEWS  SIXTH FORM , MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES , HISTORY , SIXTH FORM CAREERS , SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT

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

Junior School Drama Production

After having to cancel the original performance dates back in March, the cast and crew from The Ladies' College Junior School are ready to perform Disney’s Moana JR on Tuesday 3rd May and Thursday 5th May with a matinee and evening performance on each day. The 60-minute musical adventure, designed …

NEWS  MELROSE , JUNIOR SCHOOL , MUSIC , DRAMA

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

Sovereign Arts Success for A-level student

The Ladies' College Art Department are incredibly proud to announce that A-level Art student Anya Tee is one of four winners of 2021 Sovereign Art Foundation Guernsey's Student Scholarship Prize.

Usually, a lavish Awards Evening held at Christmas time to celebrate the winners but this had to be p…

NEWS  SIXTH FORM , ART

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