Highgate encourages sustainable travel
We encourage pupils to walk, cycle (or scoot) to school to promote less congestion in the area and greener local air! We have plenty of bike and scooter storage at all school sites, and arrange tutorial sessions with pupils to keep their modes of transport safe and in good working order. Bishopswood Road has a designated cycle area marked out for secure access to the Junior and Pre-prep Schools.
We offer a school bus service for our Junior and Senior School pupils which has cut approximately 120,000 individual car journeys to and from our School.
Five School bus routes are operated independently for Highgate Senior and Junior School pupils, and each vehicle is tracked, allowing parents to see its location via their PC or smartphone.
For the academic year 2023/2024, we added routes from Bayswater, Kensington & Manor House. This has resulted in nearly 10% of pupils using the School bus service. There is further route expansion being planning for the 2024/2025 academic year. Please download our Transport Brochure for more information on the Highgate School Bus Services.
TfL Travel for Life is an accreditation programme that offers a series of educational programmes to schools and education settings across London. The goal is to increase active and sustainable travel options when travelling to and from school, reduce car use and improve safety. Highgate are proud to have been awarded gold accreditation.
Both our Senior and Junior School buildings have electronic transport information boards providing “real time” data, direct from TfL on tube & bus services in the local area.
Buses – Senior School
Buses – Junior School & Pre – Prep
Tube
Highgate Tube Station is on The Northern Line (High Barnet Branch). The station is an 8-10 minute walk to the Senior School. The walk to the Junior School is 5-6 minutes more. For further details on tube and bus routes, visit the TfL Journey Planner here.
TfL Overground
The nearest TfL over ground station is Upper Holloway, approximately a 20 minute walk to The Senior School.
Fares for Children
All children travel for free on TfL buses with a Zip Oyster Photocard. However, TfL are intending to suspend free travel on buses for those aged 10 -18. No date has been confirmed for this change.
Highgate Village can be approached from the north via the A1 or A1000, and then Highgate North Hill.
From Kentish Town, use Highgate West Hill. From Holloway and the south, use Highgate Hill. From Muswell Hill, use Muswell Hill Road and then Southwood Lane.
For Senior School appointments, a parking space can sometimes be reserved, on request, inside our School gates on North Road.
For the Junior School or Pre-Prep, there is ample street parking available in Broadlands Road. (Except between 10am and midday where restrictions apply). There is some limited (un-restricted) street parking in both Hampstead Lane and Bishopswood Road.
A School Street operates in Bishopswood Road between the junction of Broadlands Road and Hampstead Lane. This is a vehicle-free zone for the safety of our Junior and Pre-Prep pupils. The zone currently operates during term time between 8-9.30am and 3-4.30pm.