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Our history

Capital City College (trading name of Capital City College Group), came into existence as a result of the merger between three colleges: City and Islington College, The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, and Westminster Kingsway College.

In 2024, the group announced a bold new brand identity that unites all our colleges under one logo. City and Islington College, The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, and Westminster Kingsway College, will operate under the shared identity of Capital City College. Capital City College Training will operate under a new brand identity of Apprenticeships+.

The fresh new logos are a symbol of our shared mission, with the segments in the letter “C” representing both our diverse community and our different centres of excellence across London. This rebranding reflects our commitment to providing high-quality education and training across London while celebrating the strength of our unity and diversity.

In addition to the new group logo, several of our centres will also be adopting new names to align more closely with their locations, ensuring a cohesive identity across the group. By using centre locations as the foundation for these names, we are creating a clearer and more unified brand presence while still honouring the distinctiveness of each site.

Educating Londoners since 1828

Our history can be traced back to 1828, when the Grove House School began offering education to residents of Tottenham, noted for its advanced curriculum and refusal to use corporal punishment. The school later became part of The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, and produced several well-known alumni, including 11 future UK MPs.

Westminster Kingsway College started in the 1890s as the Westminster Technical Institute, offering courses in the building and plumbing trades, carriage-building, and elementary subjects, before opening the UK’s first school of hospitality in 1910.

City and Islington College was formed in 1993 through a merger of the City and East London College, North London College, Islington Adult Education Service and Islington Sixth Form College.

This rich history culminated in the group’s formation in 2016, bringing together the three colleges with eleven centres across central and north London, working primarily in Islington, Camden, Westminster, Haringey and Enfield, but with students and apprentices coming from across London and the South East.

Today, our college trains over 25,000 students every year, equipping them with the academic and vocational skills and knowledge they need to progress into employment or higher education. Our diverse alumni include household names such as renowned chefs, Jamie Oliver, Ainsley Harriott and Anthony Worral Thompson, award-winning performer Paloma Faith, actors Jessie Wallace, Zawe Ashton, and Steve McFadden, presenters Maya Jama, Trevor Nelson, and Reggie Yates, and Olympians, Lina and Laviai Nielsen.

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