Beacon High Explained

Beacon High
Coordinates:51.5531°N -0.1292°W
Motto:Believe, belong, become - where dreams inspire futures
Head Label:Head teacher
Head:Alan Streeter
Address:Hilldrop Road
Postcode:N7 0JG
Dfeno:206/4112
Urn:100453
Ofsted:yes
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16

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]

History

The school was first established in September 1907 as a boys' school[3] named Camden Secondary School for Boys, it later changed its name to Holloway County Grammar School and then to Holloway Comprehensive School.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

Islington Futures Federation of Community Schools

Islington Futures is 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 is the Executive Headteacher of the Islington Futures Federation.[7]

The Federation was disbanded in December of 2023.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holloway School. Holloway.islington.sch.uk. 2013-08-30.
  2. Web site: Ofsted - Beacon High School. www.beaconhigh.org. 2019-11-25.
  3. Web site: Context . Holloway.islington.sch.uk . 2013-08-30.
  4. http://www.oldcamdenians.info/school The Old Camdenians Club
  5. Web site: Damning Ofsted report sparks name change for Islington school. Camden New Journal. en-gb. 2019-11-25.
  6. Web site: Our Sixth Form . Holloway.islington.sch.uk . 2013-08-30.
  7. Web site: Welcome from Executive Headteacher - Islington Futures. www.islingtonfutures.org. 2019-11-25.