Highgate School

{{Infobox school |name = Highgate School |image = Highgate crest.jpg |image_size = 150px |caption = Coat of arms of the Highgate School |motto = {{Unbulleted list|Altiora in Votis|(Latin: 'Higher through prayer')}} |type = |religious_affiliation = Church of England |established = |founder = Sir Roger Cholmeley |head_label = Head |head = Adam Pettitt |address = North Road |city = London |country = England |postcode = N6 4AY |local_authority = London Borough of Haringey |coordinates = |dfeno = 309/6001 |urn = 102163 |staff = 126 full-time |enrolment = 1,456 pupils |gender = Mixed |lower_age = 3 |upper_age = 18 |colours = Maroon, navy |free_label_1 = Affiliations |free_1 = HMC, IAPS, Eton Group |free_label_2 = Former pupils |free_2 = Old Cholmeleians |website = }} Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is a co-educational, fee-charging, private day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England. It educates over 1,400 pupils in three sections – Highgate Pre-Preparatory School (ages 4–8), Highgate junior school (ages 8–11) and the senior school (11+) – which together comprise the Highgate Foundation. As part of its wider work the charity was from 2010 a founding partner of the London Academy of Excellence and it is now also the principal education sponsor of an associated Academy, the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham, which opened in September 2017. The principal business sponsor is Tottenham Hotspur FC. The charity also funds the Chrysalis Partnership, a scheme supporting 26 state schools in six London boroughs. Administration The foundation is governed in accordance with a Charity Commission Scheme dated 1 September 2005 (and amended in 2014). Its governing body consists of 16 members; four are nominated (one each by the universities of Oxford and London, by the Bishop of London, and by the Lord Chief Justice), and the rest are co-opted. The Visitor is Queen Elizabeth II. The head is assisted by principals of the pre-prep and junior schools, by deputy heads and a bursar, in managing the foundation.