City of London Academy Highbury Grove

City of London Academy Highbury Grove
Address
Map
8 Highbury Grove

London
,
N5 2EQ

England
Coordinates51°32′58″N 0°05′51″W / 51.5495°N 0.0974°W / 51.5495; -0.0974
Information
Former nameHighbury Grove School
TypeAcademy
Established1967 (1967)
Local authorityIslington London Borough Council
TrustCity of London Academies Trust
Department for Education URN144962 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalAimee Lyall[1]
GenderMixed
Age range11–18
Enrolment1,121[2]
Capacity1,149[2]
Houses
  • Aqua
  • Ignis
  • Terra
  • Ventus
[3]
Websitewww.highburygrove.cola.org.uk

City of London Academy Highbury Grove (formerly Highbury Grove School) is an 11–18 mixed secondary school with academy status, located in the London Borough of Islington, England. It is part of the City of London Academies Trust.[4]

History

Highbury Grove School began life as an all-boys comprehensive in 1967. The founding headmaster was Dr Rhodes Boyson. It was created out of three former boys' schools in the area, Highbury Grammar School, Barnsbury Boys' School, and Laycock School, as part of a comprehensivisation scheme by the then Inner London Education Authority.[5] Boyson introduced a regime of strict discipline, including caning for misbehaviour. Excellent academic results were achieved, and the school was soon heavily oversubscribed.[5]

Boyson left in 1974, after being elected a Conservative MP; in the 1980s he was to become an education minister under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

The school moved into a new building on the same site in December 2009.

In its December 2016 report, Ofsted described the school as "inadequate", with particular concerns about discipline, pupil progress, and finances.[6] In January 2017, the head teacher Tom Sherrington abruptly left the school, which was put into special measures. This led to the school being taken over in September by the City of London Academy Trust. In September, Ofsted inspectors revisited the school and found a "well-ordered environment in which pupils behave well".[7]

Students

The school has approximately 1,600 pupils.[7] A sizeable proportion of pupils have English as their second language. More than half the pupils are from Black Caribbean, Black African and Bangladeshi groups and about one third of pupils are from Turkish and other minority ethnic groups. Well over half of the pupils have been assessed with learning difficulties, disabilities, or literacy, dyslexia or language needs. There is also an adjoining school called "Samuel Rhodes" that helps people who have special needs and disabilities)[8]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Governance". City of London Academy Highbury Grove. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "City of London Academy Highbury Grove". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. ^ "House System". City of London Academy Highbury Grove. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  4. ^ "City of London Academy Highbury Grove" (City of London Academy Highbury Grove). 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  5. ^ a b Boyson, Rhodes (1974). Oversubscribed: The Story of Highbury Grove School. London: Ward Lock. ISBN 0-7062-3385-9.
  6. ^ "Ofsted report for Highbury Grove" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  7. ^ a b Alwakeel, Ramzy; Morris, James (6 February 2017). "Highbury Grove placed in special measures after damning Ofsted report - meaning it will become academy". Islington Gazette. London.
  8. ^ "City of London Academy Highbury Grove | the Schools Guide".
  9. ^ Akinfenwa, A. (2017). The Beast: My Story. Headline. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4722-4795-7. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  10. ^ "What's Latin for snookered?". Times Educational Supplement. 17 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2024.