Highgate School

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Highgate School" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Highgate School
Coat of arms of the Highgate School
Address
North Road London , N6 4AY England
Coordinates	51°34′18″N 0°08′57″W / 51.5717°N 0.1493°W / 51.5717; -0.1493
Information
Type	Public school Private day school
Motto	Altiora in Votis (Latin: 'Higher through prayer')
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1565; 459 years ago (1565)
Founder	Sir Roger Cholmeley
Local authority	London Borough of Haringey
Department for Education URN	102163 Tables
Head	Adam Pettitt
Staff	126 full-time
Gender	Mixed
Age	3 to 18
Enrolment	1,456 pupils
Colour(s)	Maroon, navy
Affiliations	HMC, IAPS, Eton Group
Former pupils	Old Cholmeleians
Website	www.highgateschool.org.uk

Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate,^[1] is a co-educational, fee-charging, private day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England. It educates over 1,400 pupils in three sections – Highgate Pre-Preparatory School (ages 4–8), Highgate junior school (ages 8–11) and the senior school (11+) – which together comprise the Highgate Foundation. As part of its wider work the charity was from 2010 a founding partner of the London Academy of Excellence and it is now also the principal education sponsor of an associated Academy, the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham, which opened in September 2017.^[2] The principal business sponsor is Tottenham Hotspur FC.^[3] The charity also funds the Chrysalis Partnership, a scheme supporting 26 state schools in six London boroughs.^[4]