Saint Francis Xavier Sixth Form College can offer you the very best in learning and recreational facilities
Our facilities are designed to give you hands-on experience and provide you with all the resources you need to help you develop the skills required by your industry.
Our computer suites, science labs, drama, media and music studios and gym are furnished with all the equipment to help you succeed and have fun while you’re here.
Learning Resources Centre (LRC)
The Learning Resources Centre (LRC) provides physical collections of more than 20,000 titles consisting of books, DVDs, and audio books. (Duplicate copies add another 10,000 to the volume). Online, it offers access to an e-book collection via the catalogue and twenty eight databases/websites. Go to https://sites.google.com/sfx.ac.uk/sfx-lrc-portal/home and explore the site. Through the databases/websites users can access millions of articles, e-books, illustrations and videos. The LRC physical space currently offers 19 study cubicles, 6 quick access PCs, 10 laptops and 77 bookable PCs. Students will find an environment conducive to individual research, and silent study.
Collectively, these materials and services support and enhance the delivery of the curriculum and the College’s wider knowledge and community focused objectives.
Fitness Suite
The College’s fitness suite is the ideal environment to achieve your personal fitness goals. With state-of-the-art equipment and passionate sport staff on hand for advice, you can find out your nutritional and training specific needs. The fitness suite boasts a wide range of equipment including treadmills, rowing machines, battle rope and the token bench press. Once you have completed an induction, you are ready to go!
Multi-Use Games Area
Our new AstroTurf games pitch is suitable for football, netball and hockey training. The pitch is floodlit, making evening games possible.
Sports Hall
TV Studio
Opened in September 2024, our brand new, state-of-the-art TV studio featuring industry-standard equipment will introduce students to the essential skills, techniques and processes used in the media.
Music Recording Studio
Be your own music producer! Our state-of-the-art Music Studio was opened by former SFX student and hip-hop legend Tinie Tempah. It’s available for all students to use and is well equipped with instruments, vocal booth and recording software.
Ollie’s Canteen and Costa
Ollie’s canteen (named in honour of Saint Oliver Plunkett) is serviced by the largest independent caterer in the UK.
All products are provided by local and sustainable suppliers so they can present fresh, healthy and tasty food for our students.
You will find:
- Costa with great value coffee
- A wide selection of hot food
- Budget sandwiches and daily deals
- Loyalty card to redeem offers
Chapel
St. Francis Xavier Sixth Form College has a beautiful chapel situated in Xavier Wing, which has been a place of prayer and worship for over 120 years. The chapel affords a rare opportunity for students and staff of any faith or none, to find some peace and space for reflection. The Blessed Sacrament is reserved in the chapel, which for Catholics, designates this a particularly sacred space. Voluntary Mass is held once a month and additional ecumenical services take place at key times in the academic and liturgical calendar.
The chapel is open every day for students and staff who want some time for silent prayer and reflection. The College also has a designated prayer room where prayer mats and beads are available for staff and students to use. Like the chapel, the prayer room affords any member of the college community a quiet space in which to reflect and pray.
The Chaplaincy is open to students throughout the college day. It is a space to relax and chill-out in, where you can talk to friends, play cards, board games and do work as well. Everyone is welcome to use the Chaplaincy and enjoy the atmosphere of welcome and calm it provides. Students are asked to help keep the space clean, calm and stress-free!
Mac Suites
Courses
Students can take any combination of 30 A level and Level 3 Applied Diploma subjects. Vocational programmes include 11 Level 3 Extended Diplomas, including BTEC, CTEC and University of the Arts courses, and 4 T Levels. We also offer BTEC Level 2 and Foundation options, along with GCSE Maths and English language retakes.
Students
At Saint Francis Xavier, we develop the whole person. Our commitment goes beyond academic achievement; we equip students with the confidence, values, and skills needed to thrive in higher education, employment, and adult life. With an extensive range of courses, our students receive expert teaching in our modern, state-of-the-art facilities.
Parents & Carers
Personal Tutors will work with both you and your student to overcome any obstacles and achieve their potential. We build a positive ethos around learning and behaviour, support students with discussion and advice, invite you to progress review evenings, provide each student with an Individual Learning Plan (ILP), and send you full reports.
Upcoming Events
Open Day
Saturday, October 18 · 10am – 2pm
Explore your options and secure your offer from Saint Francis Xavier Sixth Form College for September 2026.
Book your place to visit London’s top performing sixth form college with a 98% pass rate in A levels, BTECs, UAL Diplomas and T Levels.
Hire Our Spaces
Hold your next event with us in one of our many available spaces. Choose from: a multi-use games area, sports hall, dining hall and garden, multi-purpose hall, dance/drama studio, fitness suite, meeting/conference rooms, computer suite, chapel and music studio. Kitchen and catering facilities and free parking are also available.
Nursery
‘Happy staff make happy children’
Nightingale’s Nursery is set in the beautiful, secure grounds of Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Sixth Form College where children can play outside and help tend the vegetable patch. The nursery follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework and provides a holistic learning environment, paying special attention to the transition from home to nursery, reassuring parents of their child’s wellbeing and progress on a daily basis.
Nightingale’s friendly team builds positive relationships with all the children and parents.
Latest News & Blog
Saint Francis Xavier Sixth Form College announces excellent 2025 Level 3 examination results
We congratulate all our students who received their excellent public examination results today. We are delighted to see results improving on last year’s impressive pass rates across A level, BTEC, CTEC and UAL courses. Our second year T Level results have also been excellent. The overall pass rate at Level 3 was 97%, including 50% […]
Celebrating SFX diversity at Culture Day
Saint Francis Xavier Sixth Form College was filled with colour, flavour, and pride as we hosted our much-anticipated Culture Day — a joyful celebration of the rich diversity that makes our college community so special. We are proud to be a truly inclusive college, welcoming students and staff from a wide range of cultural and […]
SFX Young Enterprise Team Wins Regional Final at Samsung KX
We’re incredibly proud to announce that our Young Enterprise team, Nexora, has won the Central, North & West London Final, held at the prestigious Samsung KX venue in King’s Cross. Representing St Francis Xavier Catholic Sixth Form College, students Guilherme, Nawid, Tiago, Ruan and Kevin competed against seven other schools in a high-pressure final that tested their innovation, professionalism and business […]