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Lady Eleanor Holles (LEH) is a remarkable school. It is a school where pupils successfully combine impressive intellectual endeavour with enthusiastic engagement well beyond academia. The students’ public exam results and their sporting achievements are among the best in the country. Their musical and dramatic activities place them among the best of young performers. And most importantly of all, their stimulating and happy approach to all they do makes LEH a joy for me to lead.
There is so much more to LEH life than academic achievement: if young people left here with excellent exam results alone, we would be disappointed. Our goal is that LEH pupils become expert learners, unafraid to tackle new and challenging ideas, prepared to take risks, and able to learn from failure.
Our school motto “Hope Favours the Bold” sums it up beautifully – at LEH, pupils learn to be courageous and ever hopeful, optimistic and determined in all that they do.
Throughout its 300 year history LEH has produced many remarkable women. If you think your daughter would enjoy joining their ranks, please come and visit us. Only by seeing the school in action will you get a true flavour of all that an LEH education offers.
We aim to ensure that the students have a knowledge and appreciation of art and the creative process.
Students are encouraged to research the work of other artists and cultures. This assists them in developing their own creative ideas. In addition they will experiment with a broad range of materials. During the course students are taught and encouraged to develop their technical skills producing high quality outcomes. A diverse range of media is used in the teaching of projects. These include painting, ceramics, sculpture, creative textiles and mixed media.
The Biology Department aims to inspire girls' wonder in and appreciation of this exciting and dynamic subject. Biology's wide ranging applications in healthcare, the environment and technology has significant potential to dramatically change the world we live in.
Initially, we aspire to give the girls an appreciation of the molecules, structures and processes that begin to explain their experience of the living world. As girls progress through the school, we strive to create opportunities to ask big questions, problem-solve and use scientific enquiry to test hypotheses. We seek to equip our Sixth Form students with the understanding, skills and enthusiasm to be able to pursue a future in the Biological Sciences, exploring ideas and current research well beyond the A level syllabus.
All matter is made of chemicals and so Chemistry is the study of everything. In this rapidly changing technological world, Chemistry explains the environmental issues of the past and the developing greener processes of the future. We teach the fundamentals of Organic Chemistry to allow the developments of new pharmaceuticals and medical treatments. Understanding some Material Science explains the reasoning behind building design. Chemistry can take you anywhere.
As students haven't had the opportunity to study Classical Greek prior to GCSE, they undertake a fast paced course for which the focus is predominantly language in the LVth year. Our aim is for students to gain an appropriate level of competency in Classical Greek and continue to develop a sensitive and analytical approach to language generally.
Students are encouraged to draw comparisons between their work in Latin and Greek, using their knowledge of Latin as a base for their Greek. In addition, pupils are constantly asked to actively engage in the process of enquiry in the Classical World to develop as independent learners and as critical and reflective thinkers.
We live in a digital world, surrounded by technology in every area of life from socialising to transport to medicine. By studying Computer Science, students learn how algorithms are used to design and create the computer code that controls the techology around us. Pupils learn about cybersecurity and develop an understanding of the impact digital technology has on the individual and on wider society.
Curricular Drama at LEH is just as exciting, ambitious and enjoyable as our extra-curricular programme! We know not everyone wants to be an actor, but we also know that everyone needs to develop their skills in clear and confident communication, and all our lessons are designed to help embrace their potential to improve. Whilst the topics change from term to term, the working methods do not - we work practically, playfully and energetically at all times!
IIIrds start off by establishing core and advanced performance skills before moving into Adventures in Theatre History, a whistle-stop tour of 2,500 years of theatrical tradition. This sets up an awesome crossover project with English where all students learn to design set, lighting and costumes for an ambitious production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
In LIV we start to widen our range to look at diverse performance styles, including an in-depth examination of physical theatre and Mask work. UIV branches out into performance, politics and campaigning before moving on to production reviews, and finishing up with a film and television project. GCSE Drama pulls together all these different strands in an enriching, challenging two year course for which we consistently achieve excellent results.
Textiles are part of everyday life and are constantly evolving. D&T: Textiles focuses on developing practical skills within a particular material area, allowing pupils to manufacture high quality outcomes. If they move on to study at GCSE, students learn about commercial process and careers in related industries, as well as developing core transferable skills, such as collaboration and communication.
The overriding aim of the English Department at LEH is to foster a love of literature and language. Through the study and enjoyment of novels, plays, poetry and non-fiction ranging across differing periods and cultures, our girls can expect to develop an appreciation of these works, the ways in which they were written, and the authorial, social and historical contexts in which they can be placed. Alongside this is the aim to develop the girls' skills in order to read texts with sensitivity and criticality, as well as their ability to communicate lucidly and articulately in writing and speech, respectively.
Ample opportunities exist both within and beyond the English curriculum at LEH for girls to develop their reading, writing and spoken language skills, as well as honing their creativity. For example, we have a very active Debating and Public Speaking Club, Journalism Club, and an in-house creative writing publication, The Fable. The English Department also marks occasions such as World Book Day and our Thirds pupils participate each year in a “Spellathon” event, for which huge sums are raised for a nominated LEH charity.
In a world in which the notion of “text” is becoming increasingly fluid, existing in print and on digital platforms, the relationship between the reader / writer and the text cannot be underestimated. The English Department and its curriculum ultimately exists to help our girls emerge from LEH as insightful, sensitive and confident readers and creators of the written word.
Pupils learn by doing to extend their knowledge and understanding of food, diet and health. With a focus on practical making skills, they learn food preparation and cooking techniques and are able to apply their knowledge, understanding and skills in order to make a wide range of high quality products for a variety of users.
Geography is a subject which has great relevance to many of the problems of the modern world, and pupils studying it examine issues that range in scale from global environmental change to matters within the UK.
History combines the excitement of discovery and exploration with the sense of reward which comes from making sense of complex and challenging problems. It teaches you to make sense of the present and helps you understand what motivates people, and how their actions can affect others. Students learn a variety of Medieval, Early Modern and Modern topics, developing their skills of debate, evaluation of historical evidence and how to make informed judgements.
Our aim is to instil in the girls a love of the Classical World and an understanding of its impact on today's society and culture through the study of Pompeii and beginning Latin.
Mathematics is a much loved and popular subject at LEH. Students are active learners, developing their skills of reasoning and problem solving through discussion, group work and exciting activities. Students have ample opportunities to further their interest by competing in a variety of competitions, from the UKMT challenges to the Cipher Challenges and Olympiads.
Our philosophy is to teach French, German, Spanish and Mandarin in a supportive, creative, engaging and informative way. We aim not just to provide students with linguistic expertise, but also with an understanding of other cultures through literature, media and the arts.
At GCSE and A Level, students have oral lessons with our native speaker assistants to develop their discussion and presentation skills. There are extensive opportunities to take language learning beyond the classroom through our programme of competitions, exchanges and cultural visits.
Our main aim is to inspire a love of music and to provide an atmosphere of stimulating creativity in which in which our students can explore their own passions. We develop the ability to listen perceptively and knowledgably to different musical styles, and recognise the characteristic musical features of these styles, encompassing everything from plainchant to Star Wars.
The curriculum combines listening, composing and performing and aims to provide an overview of musical history from the Medieval period to the present day. We listen to, discuss, and analyse, pieces of music characteristic of each style, and subsequently create and perform group compositions incorporating those musical features.
Our purpose-built suite of 28 Mac computers enables our students to use both Sibelius and Logic Pro to create and notate their compositional ideas, whether this is as part of the curriculum, or while popping into the department to use the computers in their own time.
The Music Department is always buzzing with the sound of Opera, rock groups, Beethoven Sonatas and a myriad of musical styles, and it is a second home to many of our students.
Our aims in the Sports Department are to teach essential and fundamental physical skills as well as improve fitness in a fun and enjoyable environment for our students. Key aspects of Physical Education are developing teamwork, sportsmanship and co-operation. Students learn the value of setting their own personal and achievable goals whilst also developing their physical and mental well-being.
Physics is one of the core STEM subjects. The number of girls choosing Physics at A level is around 20%, more than double the national average. To inspire them in and outside the classroom, the school has affiliations with the Institute for Research in Schools, giving access to cutting edge research tools and data. With field trips from Thorpe Park to CERN, there is never a dull moment in the department.
Product Design aims to broaden the awareness, experience, and capability of students to design, develop and build prototype products which are not only examples of 'good design' but are in themselves 'designs for good' i.e. creating products which solve real problems for real people.
All Product Design courses at LEH aim to combine intellectual curiosity, problem solving opportunities and creative thinking through a range of modern, relevant and engaging activities. The curriculum is designed to enable students to build their knowledge, understanding and appreciation of design and engineering to create a progressive experience from Thirds to GCSE and A Level.
In the foundation years, students complete several design and engineering modules: looking at Design including UCD, ergonomics and sustainability; design graphics with 2D and 3D CAD (computer aided design); model making using laser cutting and 3D printing; energy and mechanical systems; control technology; and new and emerging technologies.
At GCSE and A level courses revolve around the iterative design process which requires student to explore design opportunities and existing solutions, create solutions, evaluate their work and the work of others. The high quality innovative work produced is testament to the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of the students, and the expertise of the teaching staff.
An open-access arrangement enables students to make use of the design lab, CAD room and rapid prototyping facilities outside lessons. Product Design Club, Airgineers, and competitions including Design Ventura and IoM competitions all add to the rich diversity of the students' work in Product Design.
Religious Studies is well suited to anyone who is interested in topical matters of ethics, who likes to express their opinions, and who is interested in what motivates people to follow a religion.
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