Headteacher Welcome

NsoWelcome to St Ignatius College

As Headteacher, it is a pleasure to welcome you to our website which I hope will give you a flavour of life here at St Ignatius College.

First and foremost, our goal is academic excellence and intellectual formation. We believe that with the right support, all students can achieve and they do. We are all boys at KS3 and KS4 and our boys achieve exceptionally well, significantly better than boys locally or nationally.  With a mixed thriving and highly successful Sixth Form, we believe that we have the best of both worlds.

Our students are believed in and cared for: they are known and valued as individuals.  Human flourishing is at the core of our Catholic, Jesuit philosophy of education.  Each individual student is supported to develop fully: academically, socially, emotionally, culturally and spiritually. Our goal is for our students to have the qualifications, confidence, skills and clear sense of self to fulfil their ambitions, live full lives and to go into the world and make it a better place.

Partnership with our parents is fundamental to all we do. We foster strong, open, honest, mutually supportive relationships and welcome and expect parents to be involved in all aspects of school life. We are outward looking and work closely with many other organisations, both locally and nationally.

The social, economic and cultural diversity of our community enriches us.  We are a Catholic, Jesuit school but in addition to Catholics, our students and staff belong to other faiths and other Christian traditions, and we encourage all of them to play a full part in the spiritual life of the school and to gain a deeper understanding of their faith. We have a wide catchment and are oversubscribed but you don’t need to be Catholic to attend this school.  

I warmly invite you and encourage you to visit to witness for yourselves life at St Ignatius College.

Natasha Socrates
Headteacher 

 

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@st_ignatius Oct - 24
A big thank you to Hayley for delivering a really informative presentation looking at all the different careers in, and pathways in to, as part of our Ambition Programme.  
@st_ignatius Oct - 22
As we approach the end of the half term, we are thrilled to see so many Year 7 students borrowing books from the library. We have even had our first readers complete the "vending machine challenge" by reading five library books and earning one of their own  
@st_ignatius Oct - 21
We were delighted to welcome Simon from  for an insightful talk on tax! Year 13 students gained valuable knowledge about how the UK tax system works, what to expect when they start earning, and how to manage their finances responsibly.    
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Thank you to our students and staff for their generous donations to our 2025 Harvest Festival collection, in support of North Enfield Foodbank and Heart of Enfield Mosque Food Bank and Community Kitchen  
@st_ignatius Oct - 20
'Magis’ is a Latin word meaning more or greater. This Magis Day, Year 7 went to the Natural History Museum, Year 8 went to the Tate Modern and Year 10 visited St Albans while the other year groups completed Magis activities on site.    
@st_ignatius Oct - 20
The Word of the Week is secretariat, a permanent administrative office, especially governmental  The Person of the Week is Farida Shaheed, a prominent Pakistani sociologist, feminist, and human rights advocate known for her influential work on gender and class 
@st_ignatius Oct - 17
We are happy to announce that tickets for our alumni Curry Night are now on sale at:  buff.ly/Vkb7gwL We invite ALL OIs to catch up with old faces and tour the school in it's current state before the School Rebuilding Programme gets started in 2026.  
@st_ignatius Oct - 17
Year 10s and Year 12s had the exciting opportunity to visit and tour Parliament to learn about how democracy, UK governance and law making work, as well as learning about Parliament's history, from a royal palace to its current use.  
@st_ignatius Oct - 17
Year 10s and Year 12s had the exciting opportunity to visit and tour Parliament to learn about how democracy, UK governance and law making work, as well as learning about Parliament's history, from a royal palace to its current use.  
@st_ignatius Oct - 16
"Sixth-form students are well supported with selecting their next steps. The vast majority progress to their first-choice university." -Ofsted 2025 Visit us and see if St Ignatius College could work for you too.  
@st_ignatius Oct - 14
A big thank you to Luke for delivering an engaging and insightful presentation as part of our Ambition Programme looking at careers in Sport. We really appreciate you taking the time to share your journey– it was truly inspiring for our students!  
@st_ignatius Oct - 13
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