We are a high achieving school. Our record in examination results and entry to top universities is enviable. But we achieve this without unnecessary pressure.
The curriculum we offer is underpinned by innumerable activities and we have a strong pastoral programme which fosters resilience and independence of spirit. It is our aim to prepare our pupils for the ever changing world ahead.
We are a leading academic school with a high level of achievement, excellent examination results, and impressive progression to top universities in this country and abroad.
Alan bird, head
Encouraging excellence, achieving aspirations
Our academic ethos is rooted in our values of being Kind, Aware, and Ready. This means catering for each pupil’s individual needs through specialised learning support. Whilst we are proud of our pupils’ achievements in public exams, we also encourage learning for its own sake. We want to stimulate the desire to challenge, question and argue, so that our pupils can develop into outward-looking young adults ready for the wider world.
At City of London School, we believe that good teaching and learning develops:
- Creative thought
- Critical thinking and enquiry
- Intellectual curiosity
- Problem-solving
- Research skills
- Creative thought and critical thinking and enquiry.
- Self-efficacy
Curating a curriculum for a changing world 
Our curriculum echoes our values as a School. A strong base founded on tried and tested subject matter, but that isn’t afraid to lead the way at the cutting edge of the latest developments. Our curriculum evolves to ensure that the pupils are being taught the most up-to-date, relevant and empowering topics, with the incorporation of new subjects among the classics, including our innovative Design, Computing and Robotics course, now featuring a module on advancements in Artificial Intelligence.
Preparing for more
Consistently, we send about one fifth of our leavers to Oxbridge, a dozen to Medical School, and about a third to the top London universities (King’s, UCL, Imperial, Queen Mary, LSE). Increasingly, our pupils are also looking to other countries for their higher education; a number attend many of the global top 10 universities, including Harvard, University of California and Stanford.
