Cheltenham Ladies' College is an
independent
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boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in
Cheltenham
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, Gloucestershire, England. Consistently ranked as one of the top
all-girls' schools nationally, the school was established in 1853 to provide "a sound academic education for girls".
It is also a member of the
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
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.
The school badge depicts two pigeons, taken from the Cheltenham town coat of arms, above three stars, which are in turn above a daisy, a school symbol.
In 2020, Cheltenham Ladies' College was named Southwest Independent School of the Decade by ''
The Times
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and
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''.
History
The school was founded in 1853 after six individuals, including the Principal and Vice-Principal of Cheltenham College for Boys and four other men, decided to create a girls' school that would be similar to Cheltenham College for Boys. On 13 February 1854, the first 82 pupils began attending the school, with Annie Procter serving as the school's Principal. In 1858, upon Procter resigning from her position, the Principal's post was taken by
Dorothea Beale
Dorothea Beale LL.D. (21 March 1831 – 9 November 1906) was a suffragist, educational reformer and author. As Principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College, she became the founder of St Hilda's College, Oxford.
Early and family life
Dorothea Beale ...
, a prominent
suffragist
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educator. who later founded
St Hilda's College, Oxford
St Hilda's College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college is named after the Anglo-Saxon Saint, Hilda of Whitby and was founded in 1893 as a hall for women; it ...
.
She was commemorated by a Cheltenham Civic Society
blue plaque
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in 2017.
Structure and academic results
The school is divided into three divisions, Lower College (
KS3), Upper College (
KS4) and Sixth Form College (
KS5). The school gives pupils a choice in what they study. A range of subject combinations is available to Upper College girls at
GCSE
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, and for Sixth Form girls at
A-level
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or
International Baccalaureate (IB)
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. Tutors are full-time academic members of staff and advise girls on matters relating to their academic work and progress, while the Professional Guidance Centre gives advice on career options and university applications. Most pupils go on to continue higher education.
The school's academic results are high, both compared to the national average and within the independent sector. From 2014 to 2017, the school reported that over two thirds of A-level results and approximately 90% of GCSE results were A* or A grades. Since 2015, the school has been the top girls boarding school in the country for IB results for three consecutive years. In 2019, 71% of students scored A*/A for their A-level examinations awhile 90% scored A*/A for GCSE.
Members of an alumnae association of over 9,000 former pupils, across 80 different countries, keep in contact and offer work placements and careers advice.
According to Vicky Tuck, the school's Principal in 2011, the school's pupils succeed in "
chemistry
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,
physics
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, economics and
maths
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".
Houses
![The Cheltenham Ladies College](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/The_Cheltenham_Ladies_College.JPG)
The school is made up of around 80% boarders and 20% day girls. Whether boarders or day girls, pupils are part of a junior or senior house and are supervised by a Housemistress and a team of House Staff.
Girls who board live in one of eleven boarding houses. There are six junior houses for 11- to 16-year-olds, and five senior houses for sixth form girls. The junior houses are Farnley Lodge, Glenlee, Sidney Lodge, St. Austin's, St. Helen's, and St. Margaret's. At Sixth Form, all girls move to a senior house. The senior houses are Beale, Cambray, Elizabeth, Roderic and St. Hilda's. Each house is run by a housemistress and several resident staff. The housemistresses have a lighter teaching load with a full-time commitment supervising their boarders.
Junior day girls have their own base in Eversleigh, where the three junior houses, Bellairs, Glengar and St Clare, are located. The senior day girl house, Bayshill, is situated in the main college site.
Co-curriculars
Over 160 co-curricular activities are available.
Music and Drama
The Music and Drama departments offer productions and concerts each year involving all age groups. Over 1,000 individual instrumental lessons take place each week.
In October 2009, Sir Richard Eyre opened the school's new drama building, The Parabola Arts Centre (PAC). The building was built by Foster Wilson Architects and cost over £12.5 million, funded by donations. The school is a major sponsor of the Cheltenham Music, Literature, Jazz and Science Festivals and events are hosted at the centre annually. The PAC building was awarded the RIBA award. In 2010, Sharman Macdonald (Keira Knightley's mother) was commissioned to write the college's play.
In 2016, the school also invested in a new recording studio.
Sports
In 2018, the school opened a new Health and Fitness Centre.
Sports facilities include a 25-metre six-lane swimming-pool, netball courts, tennis courts, squash courts, AstroTurf fields, lacrosse pitches, a spin studio, two dance studios and two sports halls.
Over 30 sports are offered, and students are encouraged to maintain their fitness and wellbeing through physical exercise. The main sports are Netball, Lacrosse and Hockey in the winter, and Tennis, Swimming and Athletics in the Summer. The school also has a well-established Rowing Club, and Equestrian and Ski teams.
Admissions
The school is one of the hardest UK private schools to get into, with competition for places at sixth form being "fierce". Entry to Cheltenham Ladies' College is by examination for girls aged 11+, 13+ and 16+ (Sixth Form), as well as occasionally at 12+ and 14+ where only a few students are admitted.
Inspections
The school was last inspected by the
Independent Schools Inspectorate
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in October 2014. It achieved the grade "Excellent" in all areas.
In the ''
Financial Times
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secondary school ranking, Cheltenham Ladies College was placed at no. 14 in 2010 and no. 34 in 2011. The college was the top girls boarding school and 6th overall in UK rankings for the International Baccalaureate Diploma in 2017.
The ''
Tatler
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School Guide 2018'' notes that "confident, resilient, clever girls flourish" at the college.
[ The '']Good Schools Guide
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Overview
The guide is compiled by a team of editors which, according to the official website, "''comprises some 50 editors, writers, researchers and contri ...
'' described the school as "a top flight school with strong traditional values and a clear sense of purpose. For the bright and energetic all rounder this school offers an exceptional education that is both broad and deep, with endless opportunities for fun and enrichment along the way."
In 2020, Cheltenham Ladies' College was named South West Independent Secondary School of the Decade by ''The Times
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and The Sunday Times
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''. The awards, published in the "Parent Power" schools guide, commend schools that have achieved academic excellence and provided an outstanding education over the previous decade.
In popular culture
As one of the oldest and most prestigious all-girls' boarding schools in the UK, the school has often been referred to as "the girls' Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England.
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". However, the school has worked hard to play down this reputation.
BBC Four
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Cheltenham Ladies' College is mentioned in the film ''St Trinian's
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'' (2007) as the previous school of the main character.
List of Principals
* Annie Proctor, 1854–1858
* Dorothea Beale
Dorothea Beale LL.D. (21 March 1831 – 9 November 1906) was a suffragist, educational reformer and author. As Principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College, she became the founder of St Hilda's College, Oxford.
Early and family life
Dorothea Beale ...
, 1858–1906
* Lilian Faithfull
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, 1906–1922
* Beatrice Sparks, 1922–1937
* Margaret Popham, 1937–1953
* Joan Tredgold, 1953–1964
* Margaret Hampshire, 1964–1979
* Joan Sadler, 1979–1987
* Enid Castle, 1987–1996
* Vicky Tuck, 1996–2011
* Gwen Byrom, 2011 (Acting)
* Eve Jardine-Young
Eve Jardine-Young DL is the Principal of the Cheltenham Ladies' College.
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, 2011–present
Notable staff
* Winifred Lily Boys-Smith (1865–1939)
* U. A. Fanthorpe
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...
(1929–2009), poet
* Charlotte Laurie (1856–1933), botanist
* Eleanor Mary Reid (1860–1953), palaeobotanist
* Mary Watson (1856–1933), chemist
*Gustav Holst
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(1874–1934), composer
*Agnes Tschetschulin
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(1859-1942), composer and violinist
Notable pupils
Guild is the association of College's former pupils.
The arts
*Florence Farr
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, actress and mistress of George Bernard Shaw
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*Bridget Riley
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, artist
*Sophie Solomon
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, violinist
*Dame Kristin Scott Thomas
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*Serena Scott Thomas
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*Katharine Hamnett
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, fashion designer
*Damaris Hayman
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, actress
*Cherry Healey
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, television presenter
* Judith Ledeboer, architect and housing reformer
* Leyly Matine-Daftary, modernist painter
*Charlotte Reather
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Personal life
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, comedy writer and actress
*Talulah Riley
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, actress
* Amanda Wakeley, fashion designer
Politics, law and civil service
* Violet Brooke-Hunt, community organizer and volunteer in Boer War
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*Elizabeth Gass, Lady Gass
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, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
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since 1998
*Dame Cheryl Gillan
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, Conservative Member of Parliament and former Secretary of State for Wales
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* Sally Keeble, Labour Member of Parliament
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, speaker and writer antivivisection and feminism
*Rachel Lomax
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, the first woman Deputy Governor of the Bank of England
* Fiona Mactaggart, Labour Member of Parliament
*Cicely Mayhew
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, UK's first female diplomat
*Gareth Peirce
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*Amber Rudd
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, former Home Secretary
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* Catherine Williamson, Canterbury's first woman mayor & Irish politician
Sciences, technology, engineering
*Mary Archer
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Group
* Prue Barron, surgeon
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, first female Master of Surgery
* Mary Collins, immunologist
*Maud Cunnington
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* Miriam Violet Griffith, electrical engineer, technical author and pioneer of ground source heat pumps
*Lillias Hamilton
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, doctor and author
*Constance Leathart
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, Air Transport Auxiliary
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pilot in Second World War, first woman in Britain to design and fly a glider
*Margaret Lowenfeld
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, paediatrician and child psychotherapist
*Dame Clare Marx, first female President of the Royal College of Surgeons
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(2014-2017), Chair of the General Medical Council
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(January 2019)
* Helen Mackay, first female Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
*Liz Miller
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, former neurosurgeon and mental health campaigner
*Jennie Pryce
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, quantitative geneticist
*Frances Ritchie
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, nurse
* Lucy Wills, haematologist
*Helena Rosa Wright
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(née Lowenfeld), doctor and pioneer of family planning
* Nur Amalina Che Bakri, Doctor
Journalism and authors
* Hilary Andersson, journalist and presenter
*Phyllis Bentley
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, novelist and authority on the Brontë family
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* Theodora Bosanquet, writer, reviewer, editor, amanuensis to Henry James, director and literary editor of Time and Tide (magazine)
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.
*Rosie Boycott
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, journalist and former editor of ''The Independent
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'' and the ''Daily Express
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''
*D. K. Broster
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, novelist
*Katharine Burdekin
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, author
* Amy Key Clarke, mystical poet, author and senior teacher at the school, also wrote histories of the school
* Janet E. Courtney, writer
* Tatiana Hambro, fashion writer and editor for Moda Operandi
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*Beatrice Harraden
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, writer and suffragette
*Phoebe Hesketh
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, poet
*Lisa Jardine
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, historian, author and broadcaster
*Margaret Kennedy
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, novelist
* Sue Lloyd-Roberts, television journalist
* Kate Reardon, journalist
* Betty Ridley, journalist
*Mira Sethi
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, journalist
*May Sinclair
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, writer
*Caroline Spurgeon
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, literary critic
*Robin Stevens
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, children's author
*Jenny Uglow
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* Margaret Winifred Vowles, author
* Sarah Wardle, poet
* Grace Wyndham Goldie, first Head of BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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