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| The Cheltenham Ladies' College | |
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| Established | 1853 |
| Type | independent boarding and day school |
| Headmistress | Vicky Tuck |
| Location | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom |
| Students | 900 (approximate) |
| Gender | Girls |
| Website | www.cheltladiescollege.org |
The Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The school has consistently high rankings[citation needed] in various league tables. It takes girls aged 11 to 18 as boarding or day pupils.
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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.
Miss Beale kept the post of principal until her death in 1906. She transformed the school from a small establishment concentrating on developing traditional women's skills such as music, sewing and drawing into the first academic school offering courses equivalent to those in boys' schools, including mathematics and English. She was a pioneer of women's education. By the end of her life, the school had over a thousand pupils (it had had 58 when she arrived) and it had become socially acceptable to educate women.
New buildings in the 1890s were designed by Edward Robert Robson.
When it was founded, the school reflected the religious values of the time. Scripture lessons were given on Saturdays and boarders also had religious instruction every Sunday. Within the school there was a rule of silence, both during and between classes. Miss Beale did not start this rule, but enforced it with more vigour than her predecessors: silence, she thought, taught discipline and self-control, but talking degenerated into gossip[1].
Two histories of the school have been written by former pupil Amy Key Clarke.[2][3]
Present day
In 2005 Cheltenham Ladies' College was one of fifty of the country's leading private schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents.[4] Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.[5]
The school educates around 865 girls. The school crest depicts two doves, taken from the Cheltenham town shield, above three stars, which are turn above a daisy, one of the most important school symbols. The school motto is "Cœlesti Luce Crescat" (May she grow in Heavenly light).
GCSE and A-Levels are offered to all students. In September 2008, the International Baccalaureate was offered to sixth form pupils in conjunction with A levels. In 2006 26 pupils gained places at Oxbridge. In addition, a fair proportion of pupils get accepted by the American Ivy League universities. The school provides extracurricular academic, non-academic and sporting activities.
Girls who board live in one of ten boarding houses. There are four senior houses, for sixth form girls, and six junior houses, for 11-16 year olds. The junior houses are St Helen's, Farnley Lodge, Glenlee, Sidney Lodge, St Austin's, St Margaret's and the senior houses St Hilda's, Beale, Cambray and Elizabeth.
Each house is run by a housemistress and several resident staff. The senior housemistresses have a small teaching commitment, but the junior housemistresses have full-time involvement in looking after the boarders in their care.
Day girls have their own base, the recently refurbished Eversleigh, where the three junior houses, Glengar, St Clare and Bellairs, are located. Bayshill Court is the home of the senior day girl hose, Bayshill House, and the day girl dining room.
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 for charity when girls are allowed to wear their own choice of clothes.
Notable alumnae
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- Nicola Horlick, business woman
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References
- ^ Alan Dures,"Schools" Past-into-Present Series. London: Batsford, 1971. Page 44
- ^ Amy Key Clarke, "A History of the Cheltenham Ladies' College, 1853-1953". London: Faber and Faber, 1953.
- ^ Amy Key Clarke, "A History of the Cheltenham Ladies' College, 1853-1979". Suffolk: John Catt, 1979.
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article588559.ece
- ^ http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2006/182-06
- ^ 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.
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