The City of London Academy, Islington is a new 11 – 19 mixed, comprehensive Academy sponsored by the City of London Corporation and City University.
Our sixth form; COLAI 6 offers students from all backgrounds, exciting opportunities for further studies at A Level Applications for places at COLAI 6 are invited for September 2012. Visit this page for information on how to apply to COLAI 6.
City Academies are publicly funded independent schools. We are a centre of excellence and we provide high quality education for children from the City of London, Islington and the surrounding areas. The educational vision for the Academy is based on a culture of high expectation and achievement within a caring community.
We expect high standards of behaviour and achievement from Academy students to ensure that all students have every opportunity to succeed and indeed, from parents through their support for their children. A high quality, wide ranging curriculum is offered both within the school day and after school.
The Academy’s specialism is Business and Enterprise.
Calendar for Applications for September 2012 Entry:
| EVENT /ACTION |
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COLA-I Open Day Events
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Saturday 17th September - Open House
20th, 21st and 22nd September (9am - 10:0am)
Wednesday 21st September - Evening presentation (6pm - 7:30pm)
Saturday 8th October (9am - 1:30pm)
11th, 12th and 19th October (9am - 10:30am)
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| CEA to forward Academy waiting list to the Academy |
End of September |
| Deadline of the Academy applications; including SEN/statemented students |
w/c 28th October 2011 |
| Islington residents applications sent to the Academy |
w/c 7th November 2011 |
| PAN London applications |
w/c 7th November 2011 |
| All other applications sent to the Academy; including out-borough applications |
w/c 28th November 2011 |
| The Academy to assess their applications in accordance with the published admissions criteria (band-testing) |
28th November 2011 |
| First Testing Saturday |
10th December 2011 |
| Marking papers begins |
12th December 2011 |
| Deadline for late applications considered to be on-time to PLR |
19th December 2011 |
| Second and Mop-up Testing Saturday |
7th January 2012 |
| The Academy to send back electronic list of applicants in banded rank order to the Admissions section of the borough |
9th January 2012 |
Exchange of potential offers and declines through PLR
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3rd February - 17th February 2012
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PAN London data checking exercise of pupil offer and decline data shared through PLR
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Approx 17th - 24th February 2012
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CEA to send own admitting authority schools a list of offers to confirm accuracy
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Approx 20th February 2012
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Parents to be notified (first class) of place at the Academy
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Approx 27th February 2012
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CEA to notify all secondary schools of offers
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Approx 27th February 2012
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Parents accept/reject offer deadline
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Approx 12th March 2012
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Deadline for submitting appeals
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Approx 23rd March 2012
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LA will pass information to schools within Islington (or for out-borough schools to the maintaining LA on parents who have accepted or declined a place)
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End of March 2012
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Borough wide transition conference
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Mid - June
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Year 7 Parents Interview Day
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Thursday 21st June 2012
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Year 7 Student Transition Day
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Thursday 28th June 2012 &Friday 29th June 2012
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