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The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2021 - Sixth Form College of the Year

First Head appointed to London Academy of Excellence Tottenham


Highgate School and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Jan Balon as Principal-Designate of the London Academy of Excellence, Tottenham, from 1st January 2017.

Mr Balon, who has a degree in Politics from Warwick University, is currently Vice-Principal at Aylward Academy in Edmonton, where he has been responsible for expanding the Sixth Form provision and seen both numbers and results improve markedly since 2014. He is well placed to establish a new Sixth Form in Tottenham, where at least 50% of the pupils will be local.