City of London Academy Islington

Welcome to City of London Academy, Islington, where teachers will do everything they can to lessen the importance of your personal wellbeing and happiness, because grades, results, and lessons are totally far more important than mental health!!! Yay.

COLAI is a terrible place and school,there is an entire book published on the corruption of the school. The school only cares about numbers.if you are naturally smart sign up but if you're looking to learn and better yourself stop and find somewhere else. This school is full of pointless curriculum and no trips and out of date books, all the money given to the academy must go straight to the head teachers pockets because the books are old the computers are old and I had no science teacher or maths teacher for 3 years which made me fail both subjects. very sexist rules, and a lot of teachers hate their job and a lot leave monthly. But to shed some light I want to thank MR HAMDI who motivated me he is a very good teacher and deserves much more than the academy. The rest are corrupt

I went here and they ruined my education as they were lazy and didn't have time for someone who didn't enjoy the school environment but was thriving academically I left with 0 GCSES and was left in alternative provisions instead of being given a chance to better myself. The only person in this whole school who cared was Mr Oliver Hamdy who now teaches at Highbury grove he is an amazing man and he made me the person I am today by believing in me when no one did. I have the utmost respect for him and I hope he lives an amazing life.

The only thing Ex headteacher (Mrs Verga) and management was interested in was to reach their targets, racist staff and not caring for the children, it's all a facade.. my daughter had a handful of good teachers, otherwise it was a terrible experience for her.. she is now doing well, no thanks to COLAI but due her sheer determination and hard work.. she now works with people who do care about her ..

this school Is very racist and they make sure they don't pay attention to black people a black kid was vomminting they sent him back to class but a white kid was faking sick and they sent him home very racist I would not like to say anymore as the school will close down

if you are thinking about putting your child into that school, avoid it. trust me it will be the best decision for your child's future. the staff are rude (with a few exceptions of course). i've been in that school for almost 4 years and i have had no help from the staff, even after asking them multiple times. don't get me started on how disgusting it is. the food is disgusting. one time, i got some meat that looked raw. their food is so bad i once puked and had to go home. there has been multiple incidences when students have spotted rats in classrooms, changing rooms, in the bathrooms and even in the cafeteria. they always preach about how they're going to try to improve the school as best they can, but of course they never do and never will. my friend said that male P.E. teachers would enter the girls' changing rooms. there was even one teacher that got fired for shouting and swearing a student. in conclusion, don't go anywhere near this school.
they're really strict with the dress code. we're not allowed to go outside the classroom without our blazer on. most teachers don't let you go to the bathroom, even if you're on your period. we're only allowed certain shoes (no docs, no boots, no trainers) or you get sent to E.R., where you have to sit in a room for the whole day, or even multiple days, doing nothing. you're not allowed to get piercings, no coloured hair. for a school that preaches on how it's ok to be unique and different, the message is not getting across well. people have fainted for being too hot.
no wonder all the teachers keep leaving... rip tracey.

Legit gave me rabies or smh I dunno 💋💋

THIS SKL IS BAD
There was rats running into the canteen
Students being sick and been sent home
Most of the teachers doesn't care about their students GCSE
Broken Toilet seats, I fell off one
Got sent to RR for wearing trainers when we are allow to
There was also rats running into the girls bathroom
They say they want to improve the school but they never did