City and Islington College is a large inner city college with an outstanding record of success. Formed from a merger of four institutions in 1993, we have improved achievement rates year on year.
We're proud of what we have achieved and it's all down to our brilliant staff and students!
London's leading college
Our Beacon award puts us among the leading UK colleges in recognition of our excellence in teaching, learning and training.
Outstanding Ofsted inspection
90 per cent of our grades are Outstanding or Good, confirming our position as one of England's leading FE colleges.
Queen's Anniversary Prize
We are the only general FE College to have twice been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for outstanding work at world-class level.
Award-winning buildings and facilities
Our £64 million building programme has enabled us to put learning at the heart of the business. We're based entirely in Islington, in five superbly designed Centres:
- Centre for Applied Sciences
- Centre for Business, Arts & Technology
- Centre for Health, Social and Child Care
- Centre for Lifelong Learning
- City & Islington Sixth Form College
We are a national leader in e-learning
We're nationally recognised for our innovative use of e-learning technologies to enhance teaching and learning.
We have excellent partnerships with universities
More than 800 of our students go on to higher education every year. All of our centres have good links with a range of universities including special partnerships with top performing University College London and City University.
