Register for Open Morning: Duchy College, Harrogate now educating boys and girls aged 2 to 18
As Duchy College, formerly Harrogate Ladies’ College, welcomes boys in 2026, visit its family of Pre-School, Prep and Senior schools for an Open Morning in March.
Register for Open Morning: Wednesday 25th March 2026
See the school in action at the Open Morning, as the community prepares for its next step in September whilst providing an all-encompassing education for its pupils.
To register for the Open Morning, visit www.hlc.org.uk/om
Or to arrange a personal visit, or for more information, please contact the Admissions Department at [email protected] or 01423 537045.
Inspiring STEM pupils at a time of change
Harrogate Ladies’ College, located in the Duchy area of the town, is in the middle of a momentous change. Harrogate’s only school providing both boarding and day provision will become Duchy College in September 2026, when it will begin to welcome boys into Year 7 and the Year 12.
The transition will be a deliberately slow one, as boys are admitted into the year groups as they progress through the school. The school will then become fully co-educational by 2030.
The notion of transition is nothing new to Duchy College, as the school continues to be forward-thinking in its approach. The transition to a co-educational community is the natural progression for the respected school.
In spite of the change, Duchy College will remain true to its ethos of delivering a holistic approach to education. Helped by the size of the school, its pupils are known and understood by their teachers, enabling them to be pushed harder to achieve their best results. This was shown by their recent A-Level and GCSE results with the pupils achieving their best results for the past five years in A-Levels and best GCSE results since numbers were introduced.
Pupils studying STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) subjects in 2025 excelled in GCSE: 80% of all physics grades were 9-7, with arts and textiles boasting 81% of all grades at 9-7 and 22% of the pupils achieving 100% in their marks.
Teen Tech Centre of Innovation and Creativity
The school has led the way in inspiring its pupils to pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) related endeavours. A focus on encouraging pupils to be bold and think differently about their future careers resulted in 49% of the cohort attaining university offers in STEM subjects – higher than the national average of 26%.
Courses the pupils are studying include chemistry, biomedical science, neuroscience and civil engineering.
The science department at Duchy College is thriving as Head of Department, Dr Davina Kirby, was awarded as a finalist for Science Teacher of Year at the Teen Tech Awards 2025. The department has been named a Teen Tech Centre of Innovation and Creativity, with two pupils also being nominated as finalists in the Best Research Award.
The Centre of Innovation and Creativity Award is given to schools who support pupils with opportunities to innovate and develop technological skills.
Principal Joanna Fox said: “We are very proud to receive this accolade, which is testament to the outstanding work of our incredible staff and pupils. We are proud of championing careers in STEM.”
Find out more
To find out more about what Duchy College can offer you and your child, please visit the website.