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students headed to Russell Group Universities in 2025
London Academy of Excellence Tottenham
Highgate is the lead educational sponsor of LAE Tottenham
The London Academy of Excellence Tottenham is a sixth form free school and Highgate’s flagship school partner.
LAET provides an academically rigorous sixth form education to children in the Tottenham area, in response to an identified need for improved post-16 education in the borough.
The school was founded in September 2017, following the successful model of the LAE in Stratford (also one of Highgate’s partner schools). Highgate serves as the principal education sponsor, working alongside Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, LAET’s principal business sponsor.
A high-calibre academic education and first-rate preparation for university and employment. Adam Pettitt, Highgate Head
Highgate provides governance for the school and supports LAET financially to ensure staffing levels, as well as collaborating on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities and joint planning.
The headteachers, Adam Pettitt (Highgate) and Jan Balon (LAET), embrace the cross-fertilisation of ideas to enhance their respective communities and work collaboratively to explore issues together. Sixth Form pupils from both schools partner on academic events, Music and Theatre projects, UK and US admissions workshops, co-curricular clubs and career mentoring.
A Level Exam Results
85%
of students achieved grade A*-B in 2024-25
85
students to Oxford or Cambridge since the school opened in 2017
Sixth Form College of the year
LAET was named The Sunday Times Sixth Form College of the Year 2021, reflecting the transformational impact the school has had in the lives of its students.
Alastair McCall, editor of Parent Power, said “Our top Sixth Form College has the country’s current top football team as its business partner. Housed in premises within the new Tottenham Hotspur development. The children have scored heavily in their A-levels both last year and again this year, with more than two-thirds of the students progressing to Russell Group universities and 11 gaining places at Oxford or Cambridge this summer, unprecedented numbers for the area. The dynamic partnerships with Spurs and Highgate School in the independent sector promise even greater things in the years ahead.”
LAET Headteacher, Jan Balon said: “We are exceptionally proud of what is being achieved by our students here in Tottenham. They are proving that given the right support they will flourish and I’m excited about the future impact they will have in the local area and beyond.”
The environment at LAE Tottenham pushes you to do what you are capable of and even more. LAE Tottenham Alumnus
Chrysalis East
Highgate’s Chrysalis programme has been extended to include feeder schools in the Tottenham area, delivering specialist and inspiring academic projects to five local secondary schools. Chrysalis East aims to increase the proportion of Tottenham school leavers going on to the most competitive university destinations and employment.