Schools and colleges

Term dates

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Please check with other schools listed on the website to confirm holiday dates for the academic year as dates may vary for each individual school.

For more information on schools contact the Education Service on 020 7332 1750 or by email fyi@cityoflondon.gov.uk.

Primary schools

The only maintained primary school (a school for which an Local Authority (LA) have financial & administrative responsibility over) in the City of London is the Sir John Cass’s Foundation Primary School which is voluntary aided taking pupils aged from 4 - 11 years. Residents are able to send their children to schools in neighbouring LAs.

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Secondary schools

Pupils usually start secondary school in the September following their 11th birthday. If you child is born between 1 September 1995 and 31 August 1996 you will need to apply for a secondary school place for your child.

As there are no maintained secondary schools in the Square Mile, pupils transferring to secondary school after year six attend schools in neighbouring boroughs, such as Islington, Tower Hamlets, Westminster and Southwark. Children permanently resident in the City of London also have priority admission to the City of London Academy (Southwark) at secondary transfer age. It is a mixed comprehensive school sponsored by the City of London and is situated in Lynton Road, Southwark. Academies are publicly funded schools, but independent of the LEA where they are located. The Governors set the admission arrangements.

Tower Hamlets and the City of London have been working together to provide secondary school places for the children living in the Square Mile.

Independent schools

An independent school is a school which is is mainly fee paying and not dependent upon national or local government for financing.

The City of London runs three independent schools - City of London School, City of London School for Girls and City of London Freemen's School, all of which regularly deliver excellent results.

The City of London Academy (Southwark) opened in September 2003 with its first intake of 180 Year 7 pupils. It is a publicly funded, fully-inclusive and all-ability school with an independent status. The Academy aims to be a centre of excellence providing a modern, high quality education for students from the Square Mile and Southwark.

Click on the links below to find out more information on how schools are run and relevant legislation.

www.teachernet.gov.uk
www.governornet.co.uk