North London Collegiate School

North London Collegiate School has an international reputation for academic excellence, combined with exceptional pastoral care and extra-curricular achievement. NLCS is an academically selective girls' school. There are 790 students in the Senior School, 233 of them in the Sixth Form, and approximately 310 in the Junior School. The School takes pride in the religious and social diversity of its intake.

The School's aims are to provide an ambitious education for all its pupils and to enable each girl to make the most of her own gifts. The highest priority is to maintain a team of professional teachers to whom each pupil is important, and who can introduce their subjects with enthusiasm and drive. All pupils are expected to learn to recognise academic excellence and realise that it is attainable.

Alongside these aims of the classroom, staff strive to make school a place where the whole personality can grow. Good relations between staff and pupils, and between girls themselves, are fostered. At NLCS, education is much more than passing examinations and the girls are encouraged to try themselves out in a variety of ways. Staff strive to maintain a community which is tolerant and teaches service to others.

Set in over 30 acres of parkland, the School has extensive facilities. These include a new Wellbeing Centre which underlines the School’s commitment to ensuring that NLCS continues to provide as rounded and supportive a pastoral offering as is possible.

In 2023 93% of GCSEs were a Grade 9 or 8, with an impressive 75% at Grade 9. At A-Level our students achieved 76% A*/A equivalent and an impressive 38% A*. In addition to A-Levels, we offer the International Baccalaureate in the Sixth Form and we have an outstanding record of success. Our students gained an average point score of 41.5 in 2023, placing us again among the best IB schools in the world. 

Places are heavily oversubscribed, and entry is extremely competitive. Our leavers receive offers from an impressive range of university destinations including Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale and Princeton, as well as other leading universities such as Warwick, Edinburgh, UCL and Imperial.

We are extremely proud of our alumnae (Old North Londoners), who have achieved international prominence in a wide variety of career pathways from music, drama and the arts through to science, sports, politics and law. 

We have an extensive schedule of extra-curricular activities including a weekly speakers’ programme for all students in Years 11, 12 and 13. NLCS students regularly reach the finals of national and international competitions, such as F1 in Schools, chess, Young Enterprise, coding and debating. 

There is also a remarkable commitment to outreach and charity work, reflecting the rich and harmonious diversity of the School.To find out more about the school, click HERE.