When visiting City of London School, you cannot help but sense a buzz: pupils and staff alike exude enthusiasm for the opportunities that an education here provides.
CLS is defined by its iconic location, a wonderfully diverse pupil body, outstanding pastoral care, academic excellence and an exciting co-curriculum. Our home in the heart of London is far more than an address; it is an extension of the classroom, providing daily opportunities to engage with the world’s leading cultural, legal, financial and academic institutions.
We are grounded and unpretentious, but ambitious nonetheless. And we understand that, for our pupils to make progress, they must be comfortable in their own skin.
Within this context, we are committed to preparing respectful, optimistic and inquisitive pupils for the rapidly changing demands of the twenty-first century. We understand that this requires an understanding of the society of which they are part: they must be aware. It requires a broad range of skills, academic and otherwise: they must be ready. But, most of all, it requires empathy and understanding: they must be kind.
We are proud to be a leading academic school with a high level of achievement, excellent examination results, and impressive progression to leading universities. This year, we celebrated our best ever GCSE results, and 40% of our leavers enrolling at universities ranked in the global top 10. Within the UK, we consistently send about 95% of our pupils to Russell Group (or other UK top 10) universities, with about one-fifth to Oxford and Cambridge.
Equally important is our determination to make a City of London School education available to as many boys as possible, including through means-tested support and transformational bursaries. I am proud to be the Head of a school that has this as a central priority, and we are very grateful to all who help us to make this happen.
A website can provide a flavour of the School, and I hope our Strategic Vision will provide a sense of our priorities for the coming years. However, nothing substitutes for a visit. I look forward to welcoming you to one of our regular Open Events.
Alan Bird, Head
