An inspirational north London setting
Set in a unique Tudor building over 500 years old, NBH Canonbury Senior is an inspiring learning environment, complete with contemporary teaching spaces to meet the needs of students and staff.
The quaint but spacious and well-equipped classrooms are surrounded by beautiful gardens, which students enjoy for outdoor learning as well as breaktime and recreation.
Next door to the school is the famous Canonbury Tower, one of the oldest surviving buildings in Islington. The Tower was built sometime between 1509 and 1532 and has been home to Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII, as well as scientist and philosopher, Sir Francis Bacon, and famous writer Oliver Goldsmith.
Today, students benefit from an exciting collaboration with the neighbouring Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, where they are regularly welcomed to exclusively ‘takeover’ Exhibitions and where Sixth Form students enjoy gallery tours narrated entirely in Italian.
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"We wanted to find a school where our children, who are different in many ways, both thrive as they grow and find what they really love. Our warm and supportive school provides an environment where they can excel academically and enjoy every day with their teachers and peers."
- NBH Canonbury Senior Parent
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Spaces
Character meets cutting-edge
NBH Canonbury Senior has been innovatively designed to preserve the school’s rich history while making sophisticated use of technology. All students are provided with their own 1-2-1 school devices to facilitate learning in school and at home, while teachers make full use of interactive white boards in their lessons.
The school boasts specialist teaching spaces for Art, Drama, Music and Science, while the library come art gallery, quiet study area, and Sixth Form Common Room are popular spaces with our students.
Off-site Spaces
World-class sports facilities
Students also take full advantage of the excellent sporting opportunities in the local area, frequenting world-class facilities such as the Lee Valley White Water Centre (London 2012 Olympic Games venue).
Our broad sporting curriculum benefits from our close proximity to the best facilities for outdoor adventure and water sports, as well as yoga, martial arts and fitness classes.
All students are exposed to 12 different sports on the curriculum in Years 7 and 8, revisiting them in Years 9 and 10 to develop their skills and interests. Nearly all those sports are then available at GCSE, with core sport still on the curriculum for students not taking PE as a GCSE option.