From humble beginnings, the College has grown and developed into one of Jersey’s foremost schools. Its History is proudly shared by generations of Island families and, despite the rigours of educational reforms, war and occupation, funding booms and busts and the natural evolution of teaching and pastoral care, the College continues to be driven by a determined passion for its founding principles to provide the best possible education to the pupils in its care.
De La Salle provides a unique Christian education within a caring and nurturing environment. Our long-term focus on wellbeing and values produces excellent role models and individuals equipped to achieve their ambitions.
‘Indivisa Manent’, which translates into English as ‘Undivided Remain’, is both our motto and a core principle signifying our inseparable brotherhood; our boys work together and our community supports every individual in our care.
Our ethos establishes a culture of caring for others, reaching for excellence by trying one’s best, and recognising that success can be measured academically and in a wide variety of other ways.
Although De La Salle College in Jersey was founded just over 100 years ago, the great history of the De La Salle College spans all the way to the late 1600s, with Saint John Baptist de La Salle. John’s sense of vocation led him to choose to be a priest and started to get involved with organising schools for the street kids of France.
The first De La Salle Foundation in England was opened in 1855, just five years after the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in Britain, with a group of French Brothers setting up a school called Saint Joseph’s College, in Clapham, for a mixed clientele of English and French boys. And their legacy continues years on with more than 380 Brothers operating in 41 establishments, with over one million students worldwide.
De La Salle prides itself on having outstanding pastoral care and a reputation for nurture and support which produces exceptional young ambassadors for our younger generations.
We believe there are many roads to excellence, and we nurture each student on their own individual path.
“De La Salle College has helped shape my boys through its Christian and family ethos and has given them the confidence to try and experience as much as possible.”
As an independent school, we are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate. Our last inspection was in May 2022. You can read the full report by clicking the button below.