Please find the dates and times of our upcoming open days below. If these dates are not suitable we can arrange a guided tour for you to see the school. Both open events and guided tours can be booked by completing the form via our website.

Nursery School (2 years 9 months – 4 years)

Tuesday 18 September, 9.30am
Tuesday 25 September, 9.30am
Tuesday 2 October, 9.30am

Pre-Prep School (ages 5-7)

Friday 14 September, 9.30am
Friday 28 September, 9.30am
Friday 2 November, 9.30am

Prep School (ages 7-13)

Thursday 4 October, 9.00am
Friday 2 November, 9.00am

Senior Hampstead (ages 11-16)

Tuesday 11 September, 8.00am
Tuesday 25 September, 6.00pm
Tuesday 2 October, 9.00am

Senior Canonbury (ages 11-18)

Saturday 15 September, 10.00am
Tuesday 2 October, 6.00pm (Sixth Form)
Thursday 25 October, 9.30am

North Bridge House Canonbury is rated ‘Outstanding’ in all areas of its Senior School and Sixth Form provision following the Ofsted inspection in May 2015.

Having only opened in September 2014, Ofsted’s report reflects how much the school has already achieved as Islington’s first independent senior school for 13-18 year olds, based on the longstanding success of the North Bridge House group. 

The Ofsted report highlights the School's nurturing yet academically rigorous ethos, to which all staff and students contribute, and the exemplary work of the Head Teacher, senior leaders and teachers, who together form an inspirational team. The school is commended for excellently preparing students ‘for the next stage of their education through effective pastoral support and guidance for academic subject choices or for university or career choices.’

Ofsted also identifies the ‘consistently outstanding support’ that students receive and the ‘highly effective teaching’, which not only motivates pupils to fulfil their potential, but encourages them to develop a self-confidence that aids their academic progress significantly.

Other key elements of Ofsted's findings were:

• ‘Sixth form provision is outstanding.’

• ‘Students make significant progress from their starting points. Results in mock examinations show that they are achieving above expected levels from their previously predicted grades and performance.’

• ‘Students who require additional help in their learning make above expected levels of progress because they are given good support in lessons to match their identified needs.’

At North Bridge House Senior Canonbury we are dedicated to providing our students with an outstanding education and to developing happy, confident young adults with the skills to become future leaders. Thanks to our small class sizes we are able to tailor our teaching and support to meet the needs of every child.

With experts continuing to shed ever-more light on teenage learning patterns and the stages of their brain development, we believe that by effectively harnessing this research we can maximise the potential of each individual. Our work with the Teenage Sleep Foundation and Dr Paul Kelley from the University of Oxford has led us to introduce a later start time for our Sixth Formers, whilst Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Teenage Mental Health champion, Johnny Benjamin, have informed our pupil support programme and helped us, and the parent body, better understand our teens.

Our team of specialist and dedicated teachers, drawn from prestigious university backgrounds and with experience at some of the country’s leading schools, provide the inspiration our pupils need to realise their academic goals. The focus on academic excellence is complemented by first class pastoral care and attention to the learning needs of every child. Both our experienced Learning Support Co-ordinator and SENCO are members of the school’s Senior Leadership Team, thereby ensuring our commitment to an inclusive curriculum and teaching strategies attuned to the needs of the whole school community.

To broaden our pupils’ interests and help them develop new and transferable skills, we offer a diverse enrichment programme – often in conjunction with our sister schools. This summer, for example, pupils are undertaking charity work in Malawi alongside their peers from our Senior School in Hampstead. Our timetabled enrichment programme includes activities as diverse as Mandarin and Yoga, whilst almost all of our Sixth Formers undertake the EPQ.

We also host regular ‘World of Work’ events whereby students get to hear from – and question – specialists from a broad range of industries. These activities are not perceived as ‘extra-curricular’, rather they constitute an integral part of the overall educational offering.

Jonathan Taylor
Head Teacher
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury 

GCSE Results 2017

North Bridge House Senior Canonbury celebrated its first set of GCSE results since opening in 2014 with an impressive 42% A*-A grades.

In Maths, 44% of students achieved the equivalent of an A or above, gaining Grade 7 or higher and 43% achieved the same in English Language, with 6 new top Grade 9s awarded across the cohort. One student scored three 9s – making him one of only 2,000 students in England to get 9s in English, English Literature and Maths, the top possible in the new system!

Notably, North Bridge House Canonbury students performed exceptionally well in languages, including Spanish and Mandarin. All three students taking Mandarin GCSE (all non-native speakers) each achieved an A*.

Languages as a whole at Canonbury – French, Spanish, German and Mandarin achieved 61% A*-A with 29% of those grades being A*.

Growing its reputation as a centre of excellence for the arts, Canonbury students achieved 100% A*-B in Art and 50% A*-A in Drama.

A-Level Results 2017

North Bridge House Canonbury’s 2017 A-Level results saw another year of exam success with 57% A*- B grades and an impressive ALIS Value-Added score of 0.3 for another year running, meaning many students gained a whole grade above predictions.

NBH Canonbury Sixth Form students particularly excelled in English Literature this year with 100% of pupils gaining A*-B grades. Sixth Form students also continued the school’s strong performance in Art with 100% celebrating A* and A grades.

Two of our high achievers, Yiwang Lim and Sama Aunallah celebrated a host of A* and A grades across a range of subjects. Yiwang gained a place at the University of Bath studying Economics with an A* in Economics and A grades in both Maths and Geography. Sama achieved four A grades in English, Economics, History and the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), and successfully secured a place at the University of Bristol reading Politics, Philosophy and Economics.