Beacon High

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Beacon High
Address
Beacon High
Hilldrop Road

Holloway
,
London
,
N7 0JG

England
Coordinates 51°33′11″N0°07′45″W / 51.5531°N 0.1292°W / 51.5531; -0.1292
Information
Type Community school
MottoBelieve, belong, become - where dreams inspire futures
Established1907 (1907)
Local authority Islington
Department for Education URN 100453 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherAlan Streeter
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Website www.beaconhigh.org

Beacon High is a coeducational secondary school for 11-16-year-olds in the Tufnell Park area, located in the London Borough of Islington, England. [1] Beacon High is a member of the Islington Futures Federation of Community Schools and the Islington Sixth Form Partnership. In the school's most recent Ofsted report, it described the school's leadership and management as Good [2]

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History

The school was first established in September 1907 by London County Council as a boys' school [3] named Camden Secondary School for Boys. [4]

In 1927, it changed its name to Holloway County Grammar School and then to Holloway Comprehensive School. [5]

Governance

In September 2018, the Governing Body was dissolved and the governance of the school was taken over by the expanded federation of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Copenhagen Schools. In June 2019, Holloway School was rebranded as Beacon High. [6]

Islington Futures was a federation of four community schools: EGA, Beacon High School, Copenhagen Primary School and Vittoria Primary School and was established in September 2018. Jo Dibb was the Executive Headteacher of the Islington Futures Federation. [7] The Federation was disbanded in December of 2023.

In June 2025, Beacon High launched consultation on proposals to join the Lift Schools group of schools as an academy. [8]

Present

Beacon High offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils. Although the school does not operate its own sixth form, graduating pupils are guaranteed a place at City and Islington College through the City and Islington Sixth Form Consortium. [9]

Alan Streeter has been the school's Headteacher since 2018, having previously served as interim Head at the former Holloway School.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ "Holloway School". Holloway.islington.sch.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ofsted - Beacon High School". www.beaconhigh.org. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Context". Holloway.islington.sch.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Baggs, AP, Bolton Diane K, Croot Patricia E C. "Islington: Education A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8, Islington and Stoke Newington Parishes". British History Online. Victoria County History, 1985. Retrieved 15 June 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ The Old Camdenians Club. Retrieved 31 January 2015
  6. ↑ "Damning Ofsted report sparks name change for Islington school". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Welcome from Executive Headteacher - Islington Futures". www.islingtonfutures.org. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "FORMAL CONSULTATION TO BEGIN FOR BEACON HIGH TO JOIN LIFT SCHOOLS" (PDF). Beacon High School. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Our Sixth Form". Holloway.islington.sch.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2013.


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