Beacon High

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'''Beacon High''' is a coeducational secondary school for 11-16-year-olds in the Tufnell Park area, located in the London Borough of Islington, England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holloway.islington.sch.uk/|title=Holloway School|date=|publisher=Holloway.islington.sch.uk|accessdate=2013-08-30}}</ref> Beacon High is a member of the Islington Futures Federation of Community Schools and the Islington Sixth Form Partnership. In the school's most recent Ofsted report, it described the school's leadership and management as Good<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconhigh.org/610/ofsted|title=Ofsted - Beacon High School|website=www.beaconhigh.org|access-date=2019-11-25}}</ref>

==History== The school was first established in September 1907 by London County Council as a boys' school<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holloway.islington.sch.uk/content.php?id=3 |title=Context |publisher=Holloway.islington.sch.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-08-30}}</ref> named Camden Secondary School for Boys.<ref name="vch">{{cite web |last1=Baggs |first1=AP, Bolton Diane K, Croot Patricia E C |title=Islington: Education A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8, Islington and Stoke Newington Parishes. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp117-135 |website=British History Online |publisher=Victoria County History, 1985 |access-date=15 June 2025}}</ref>

In 1927, it changed its name to Holloway County Grammar School and then to Holloway Comprehensive School.<ref name=camdenians>[http://www.oldcamdenians.info/school The Old Camdenians Club]. Retrieved 31 January 2015</ref>

==Governance== In September 2018, the Governing Body was dissolved and the governance of the school was taken over by the expanded federation of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Copenhagen Schools. In June 2019, Holloway School was rebranded as Beacon High.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/damning-ofsted-report-sparks-name-change-for-islington-school|title=Damning Ofsted report sparks name change for Islington school|website=Camden New Journal|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-11-25}}</ref>

Islington Futures was a federation of four community schools: EGA, Beacon High School, Copenhagen Primary School and Vittoria Primary School and was established in September 2018. Jo Dibb was the Executive Headteacher of the Islington Futures Federation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.islingtonfutures.org/474/welcome-from-executive-headteacher|title=Welcome from Executive Headteacher - Islington Futures|website=www.islingtonfutures.org|access-date=2019-11-25}}</ref> The Federation was disbanded in December 2023.

In June 2025, Beacon High launched consultation on proposals to join the Lift Schools group of schools as an academy.<ref>{{cite web |title=FORMAL CONSULTATION TO BEGIN FOR BEACON HIGH TO JOIN LIFT SCHOOLS |url=https://beaconschool.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/document/Press-release-Beacon-High-1.pdf?t=1749984691?ts=1749984691 |website=Beacon High School |access-date=15 June 2025}}</ref>

==Present== Beacon High offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils. Although the school does not operate its own sixth form, graduating pupils are guaranteed a place at City and Islington College through the City and Islington Sixth Form Consortium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holloway.islington.sch.uk/content.php?id=37 |title=Our Sixth Form |publisher=Holloway.islington.sch.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-08-30}}</ref>

Alan Streeter has been the school's Headteacher since 2018, having previously served as interim Head at the former Holloway School.

==Notable former pupils== {{further|Category:People educated at Holloway School}}

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==External links== * [https://www.beaconhigh.org/ Beacon High official website]

Category:Secondary schools in the London Borough of Islington Category:Community schools in the London Borough of Islington