Secondary Schools

Islington Council has approved an education vision for its secondary schools.  It has at its centre the needs of every child and sits at the heart of the Council’s overarching vision of “One Islington” which is to have a place with thriving, active and cohesive communities.

Islington secondary schools have secured over £100 million from the government’s  ‘Building Schools for the Future’ fund. Alongside this programme, the Council is supporting two Academy proposals, the first at the site of St Mary Magdalene Primary School, and a second at Islington Green School.  Every secondary school will be refurbished and some will be completely rebuilt creating an opportunity for Islington to design and build the best possible learning environments, in order to deliver the education vision. 

Building Schools for the Future – planning applications

Islington Council has now received planning applications for the proposed redevelopments of the schools which are within the first phase of Islington’s ‘Schools for the Future’ initiative. These are:

• Holloway School
• St Aloysius’ College
• Highbury Grove School (which includes the co-location of Samuel Rhodes School).

The Planning Division is now carrying out statutory consultation on the planning applications. You can see details of the planning applications and make comments on them by following the link on the right hand side, to ‘Online planning’.

The applications and their reference numbers are as follows:

• Highbury Grove School and Samuel Rhodes School – P071736
• Holloway School temporary buildings – P071704
• Holloway School – main redevelopment – P071738
• St Aloysius’ College temporary buildings – P071705
• St Aloysius’ College main redevelopment - P07173

Any comments on the planning applications need to be received by the Planning Division by 7 September. At this stage, it is expected that the planning applications will be considered at the relevant Area Planning Sub-Committees in October. You can see details of the Area Planning Sub-Committees by clicking on the link to Democracy on the right.

What happens next?

It is expected that there will be three phases of development for Islington’s secondary schools, as set out below.

First Phase Schools - July 2007-January 2008 proposed commencement of construction

• Highbury Grove School
• Holloway School
• St Aloysius’ College

Second Phase Schools - July 2009 proposed construction commencement

• Central Foundation Boys School
• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language College
• Islington Arts and Media School
• New Pupil Referral Unit 1

Third Phase Schools - July 2011 proposed commencement of construction

• Mount Carmel Technology School for Girls
• Highbury Fields School
• New Pupil Referral Unit 2

It is expected that Islington Green School could re-open as an Academy School from September 2008, although it is unlikely that any redevelopment works would be completed by that date. You can find out more about plans for Islington Green School by clicking the relevant link on the left.

Additional information

In order to provide guidance for the future development of the schools in January 2006 the Council adopted planning guidance for the following schools:

• Highbury Grove School
• Holloway School
• St Aloysius’ College

The purpose of the planning guidance is to:

• identify opportunities and constraints for development
• provide a clear indication of permissible development
• give certainty to the school, developers and the community about development parameters and requirements.

You can find out more information on the three schools' planning guidance, by clicking the links on the left.

Academies

Recent Planning Consultation – Islington Green School

Islington Council is working with the City of London and City University on redeveloping Islington Green School as an Academy School. The Council also proposes the co-location of the secondary department of Richard Cloudesley School, a Special Education Needs School for children with severe physical disabilities.

The sponsors and the Headteacher at Islington Green School have indicated that if proposals for an Academy School were to progress further, they would aim to replace or refurbish the existing buildings to provide a good learning environment. We therefore drafted planning guidance for the possible future redevelopment of Islington Green School.

We undertook a period of public consultation on the draft guidance between 17 May and 14 June. In response to the comments that were received during consultation, a number of amendments were made to the guidance. We reported the results of the public consultation, and the recommended changes to the planning guidance, to the South Area Committee on 27 June 2006. The South Area Committee adopted the planning guidance for the school subject to amendments that were agreed at the meeting.

You can click the link to Islington Green School, under the main navigation list on the left side of this page, to find out more about the public consultation, and to see the Committee's report and decision.

If you would like further information, please contact:
Becky Baker
PO Box 3333
222 Upper Street
London
N1 1YA

Email: becky.baker@islington.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7527 2000

For websites related to this project, please click the links under Useful Websites on the right-hand side of this page.