Cheltenham Ladies' College
Gloucestershire, United Kingdom · built 1853
Cheltenham Ladies' College (CLC) is a private boarding and day school for girls aged 11 or older in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. 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. It is widely known as the "female version of Eton" due to its elite status, highly academic reputation, and standing as a premier all-girls' boarding school in the UK, with British prestige, academic rigor and remains one of the most prominent all-girls schools globally. The school badge depicts two martlets, inspiration for which was taken from the pigeons of 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 and The Sunday Times. It is listed in The Schools Index as one of the world's 150 leading schools and one of the top 30 UK senior schools.
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