Cheltenham Ladies' College

Introduction

Cheltenham Ladies' College is the independent school for girls in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. It has boarding and day school styles. There are from 11 to 18 aged girls of boarding school or day school. It was the traditional school which was established in 1853 and there are about 900 students in the school now. The Cheltenham Ladies’ school is constantly marked high rank in various fields.

The great founder

The school’s founder is Doroshea Beale. She transformed the traditional women’s studying style, music, sewing and drawing into the academic style like a boy’s school style, including mathematics and English. She was the pioneer of women’s education. By the Miss Beale’s success, The Cheltenham Ladies’ school becomes one of main schools in England.

Life style

A boarding school’s girl can select one of ten houses. There are four senior houses for 17-18 year olds girls and six junior houses for 11-16 year olds girls. The school uniform is a white blouse, green skirt, and green jumper with a badge of the house colors. Sixth form girls are given the option of trousers or pencil skirt. The school crest which is depicted two doves taken from the Cheltenham town shield is f the most important school symbol. 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 students in combination with A levels. In 2006, 26 pupils went to places at Oxbridge. In addition, many pupils get accepted by the American Ivy League universities.