Highgate School was named Independent School of the Decade by the Sunday Times Schools Guide 2021 and was featured in the Top 20 UK independent secondary schools for academic excellence in their 2026 guide.
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Highgate School
Highgate is a top independent co-educational school in London. We welcome pupils aged 4 to 18 across our Pre-Prep, Junior School, Senior School and Sixth Form.
Highgate is one of the UK’s leading co-educational independent schools. Founded over 450 years ago, we welcome pupils, aged 4 to 18, from a range of backgrounds across London.
Highgate offers high-calibre, academically-minded teaching with a focus on scholarship and independence for all, rather than on exam outcomes. Our varied co-curricular activities, and our wide-reaching programme of community service, help our pupils develop interests and hobbies, forge lasting friendships, belong to teams, ensembles and casts, and learn the value of community.
We believe in making the most of childhood and adolescence; we want our young people to leave us intellectually and emotionally prepared for higher study and for work, and for playing a transformative role in their communities. And we want them to make great friends, too.
—Adam Pettitt, Head
Fees & Financial Support
As a charity, we are able to offer financial support towards school fees to eligible families applying to Highgate at 7+, 11+ and 16+. Bursaries can cover up to 100% of the fees throughout a pupil’s education at Highgate, making it more accessible to a wider group of academically able children.
Being a bursary recipient has allowed me to reach new levels and grasp opportunities that I otherwise wouldn't have been able to
Michael, Bursary graduate 2025Highgate News
80%
A Levels graded A*-A in 2025
The school promotes academic development without discrimination
—ISI Inspection Report 2024
31 pupils went to Oxbridge in 2025
Highgate People
‘I love how inclusive the school is and how many new people you can meet’
Y8
Angelina
‘I love all the fun sports options and all the kind support.’
Y8
Anvar
‘The range of co-curricular activities offered at Highgate is phenomenal! There is always an opportunity to experience something new and interesting; I have tried everything from fencing to sewing. Then I discovered the Robotics Club and have been part of it ever since.’
Y10
Maya
Every other year, Geography takes A Level pupils to Iceland. It’s an incredible trip and a chance to get up close with some of the environments and landforms studied in class
Geography teacher
Ms Mynott
‘I really like that there’s lots of variety and opportunity to try different sports, and the amount of training and effort that goes into nurturing those talents.’
Y11
Fernando