St Aloysius' College
General Information
- Address: Hornsey Lane, Highgate, London, N6 5LY – View on map
- Phone: 02075617800
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Paula Whyte
- Age range: 11-19 years
- Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 54 families put it first for 86 places – 6 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 14 of the 86 places went to families living outside the council area.
- Sixth form: Yes
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 184
- % eligible for free school meals: 66.2%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (similar to the Islington average)
- English as an additional language: 59% (England 22%)
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Islington: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 9 (1.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 24 (2.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Islington, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 24 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
An Attainment 8 score for this school hasn't been added yet.
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8th of 8 secondary schools in Islington for Ofsted rating
- #6City of London Academy, Highgate HillGood
- #7Lift Beacon HighGood
- #8St Aloysius' CollegeGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.
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