Cheltenham Ladies' College A GSG School
- Cheltenham Ladies' College
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 3EP - Head: Ms Eve Jardine-Young
- T 01242 520691
- F 01242 227882
- E [email protected]
- W www.cheltladiescollege.org
- An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Gloucestershire
- Pupils: 873; sixth formers: 330
- Religion: Christian Inter-denominational
- Fees: Day £26,700 - £30,390; Boarding £39,780 - £44,790 pa
- Open days: Open Day events and visits are taking place virtually- visit school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Parents like the fact that there is no spoon feeding. Pupils are guided and supported to think independently from the start. Some self-consciousness about the antiquated nature of ‘Ladies’ in the school name. They choose to keep it, as they choose to preserve other historic features that might appear anachronistic to today’s eyes, but Eve Jardine-Young prefers to address the school as ‘everyone’ in whole school assembly, and avoids the collective ‘Ladies’ or ‘girls'. Retiring the universally loathed dowdy green uniform was one of the first ...
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Curricula
International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
Sports
Unusual sports
Polo
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Rowing
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since 2011, Eve Jardine-Young (late 40s), an old girl herself, she won a scholarship to the sixth form here from her school in Malawi where she grew up. Previously director of studies at Blundell’s, she was also housemistress and head of sixth form development at Epsom College. She started her professional life as a structural engineer after studying engineering at Cambridge before changing tack to teach economics at Radley.
Parents remark on the strength of her relationship with the girls, who hold her in high esteem. She thinks hard about behaviour management and prefers, she says, to avoid ‘thou shalt not’ which contradicts the power of ‘thou shalt’. Choosing to govern through trust, she sets out to win the hearts and minds of her pupils. Ms Jardine-Young, with typical humility,...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
We cater for girls with mild conditions, including dyslexia and dyspraxia; individual support on a weekly basis is highly personalised and addresses specific needs. We also provide specialist coaching in mathematics and English as a second language.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargilfield School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| Cheltenham College Preparatory School | 2021 | |||
| Eaton Square School | 2021 | |||
| Hatherop Castle School | 2021 | |||
| Hazlegrove School | 2021 | |||
| Kitebrook Preparatory School | 2021 | |||
| The Elms School | 2021 | 1 | 2 | Art Scholarship; Academic Scholarship |
| Trevor-Roberts School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| Walthamstow Hall Junior | 2021 | 1 |
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