Jersey College for Girls, Jersey | |
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Address | |
Mont Millais Saint Saviour, Jersey | |
Coordinates | 49°11′11″N 2°05′37″W / 49.1865°N 2.0936°W |
Information | |
Former name | Jersey Ladies' College |
Type | Fee paying provided school[1] |
Motto | Nisi Dominus Frustra (All without the Lord is in vain) |
Established | 1880 |
Sister school | Victoria College, Jersey |
Authority | Government of Jersey, Department for Children, Young People, Education and Skills |
Principal | Carl Howarth |
Gender | Girls |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 712 |
Houses | 6 |
Colour(s) | Red and grey |
Rival | |
Close links | Victoria College, Jersey |
Website | jerseycollegeforgirls |
Jersey College for Girls (JCG, Jèrriais: Lé collège jèrriais pour les fil'yes) is a government-run, fee-paying, academically selective[2] secondary school for girls in Saint Saviour, Jersey. It was founded in 1880 in Saint Helier as Jersey Ladies' College. In 1887, the college moved to a purpose-built site on La Pouquelaye and in 1999, it moved again to its present site, on Mont Millais, across from Victoria College, the government fee-paying school for boys.[2]
Despite being owned by the States of Jersey, JCG charges tutition fees – of £2,284 per term in the 2022/23 school year.[3]