St. Aloysius' College is a Roman Catholic, boys-only state school in the London Borough of Islington, North London. Each year around 180 pupils are admitted to Year 7 (aged 11 or 12) on the basis of examination, however the local education authority also assigns students without a school to this school. St Aloysius’ College was founded in 1879 by the Brothers of Mercy as a Roman Catholic Independent part boarding and day school, then a grammar school, remaining so until it became comprehensive in 1971. The control of the college was passed to the De La Salle Brothers in 1960. St Aloysius’ College is the oldest surviving foundation of its kind in the Archdiocese of Westminster. The school merged with another local boys comprehensive (St. William of York) in the 1980s, which began a decline in standards for many years, as opposed to the high standards set in its previous history. It lost its sixth form in the 1990s. Today, St Aloysius’ College is a comprehensive day school for Roman Catholic boys in the age range 11–16 and is currently undergoing an extensive rebuilding and refurbishment programme.