Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School


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LGGS gained Technology College status in 1995, and Language College status in 2007, and has been consistently ranked among the top twenty performing secondary schools in the country. 2008, for example, saw excellent results at GCSE with the percentage of A*/A grades at 78%. Their average point score of 601 placed them at 17th in the best state schools tables (Daily Telegraph). 6 girls gained 11 A* grades and 10 A* grades were gained by another 6 pupils. [1]



Their average point score of 601 placed them at

17th in the best state schools tables

(Daily Telegraph). 6 girls gained 11 A* grades and 10 A* grades were gained by another 6 pupils. [1]

ranked among the top twenty performing secondary schools in the country. 2008,

In the Lancaster Girls' Grammar School there is a house system. The students are arranged into Houses by surname. The Houses are named after the cities with links to Lancaster:

* Aalborg represented by the colour blue
* Perpignan represented by the colour green
* Rendsburg represented by the colour red
* Lublin represented by the colour yellow

The Houses provide a competitive spirit between girls and are the basis for many inter-house competitions throughout the year.



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The sixth form are encouraged to wear regular (i.e. non-uniform) clothes.

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School Song

Sung at the end of every term, the school song is part of the LGGS school tradition, and was written by a former English teacher at the school. Upon the third verse, when the lines 'coming of victory' are sung, students traditionally sing louder and with more vigour in order to show pride and rallying support. Also the following words 'or defeat' are sung extremely quietly to focus on being victorious.

In our small world upon the hill

We live, we live together;

And half forget that good or ill,

A wider world awaits us still

And draws us thither;

But though in quiet we sojourn

To know our guiding light we learn,

Our guiding light we learn.

And this alone shall be our light

The lamp of beauty, truth and right.

Friendship our pathway has prepared

With joy, with joy and laughter.

The binding ties of secrets shared,

Of common tasks, delights compared

For ever after

Will draw us close when we discern

The light that here we first saw burn,

That here we first saw burn,

And this alone shall be our light

The lamp of beauty, truth and right

Then if we part or if we meet

Yet keep, yet keep we ever

This thought of strength with which to greet

COMING OF VICTORY or defeat,

That time shall never

Dim our fair memories, or turn

To darkness light we made to burn,

The light we made to burn

It shines in darkness and in light

The lamp of beauty, truth and right.


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