Welcome To Dulwich College
Our ethos at Dulwich is one of equality, and our values of purpose, joy and kindness are practiced alongside inspired teaching, genuine scholarship and Free Learning in and beyond the classroom.
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Academic Life
Academic
Inspired teaching and genuine scholarship lie at the heart of academic life
Free Learning
Free Learning
Fostering intellectual curiosity and a lifelong love of learning
Boarding
Boarding
Our boarding community comprises over 20 nationalities
Advanced Electives
Advanced Electives
Courses that complement A levels and deepen knowledge, often to near-undergraduate level
Leavers' Destinations
Leavers' Destinations
Pupils leave to study throughout the UK and around the world
21
average class size
80+
Clubs and Societies representing enthusiasm, innovation and diversity
£5.4m
awarded for 194 bursaries in 2023-24
25
different sports on offer
150
Visiting Speakers to the College every year
29,591
books issued last academic year by Dulwich College Libraries
What's On
![1968 – 1978 Music Memorabilia on display in Archives]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1737368336/dulwichorguk/htt0ya2q16gplc6orqnp/Music_Memorabilia_on_display_in_Archives.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1737368336/dulwichorguk/htt0ya2q16gplc6orqnp/Music_Memorabilia_on_display_in_Archives.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1737368336/dulwichorguk/htt0ya2q16gplc6orqnp/Music_Memorabilia_on_display_in_Archives.webp","width":750}])
Monday 20 January to Thursday 27 March 2025
The Archive, Dulwich College
(Free and open to all)
![SCITT NMAPS student carries out experiment in laboratory]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1722952137/dulwichorguk/moypbztxfhiexwe56dat/SCITT_NMAPS_student_carries_out_experiment_in_laboratory.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1722952137/dulwichorguk/moypbztxfhiexwe56dat/SCITT_NMAPS_student_carries_out_experiment_in_laboratory.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1722952137/dulwichorguk/moypbztxfhiexwe56dat/SCITT_NMAPS_student_carries_out_experiment_in_laboratory.jpg","width":750}])
Wednesday 26 March 2025
1.30pm – 3.30pm
Dulwich College
(Free and open to all)
![The Barry Building and playing fields]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742301042/dulwichorguk/iwzi6pvrobhiunvjqy9i/The_Barry_Building_and_playing_fields.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1742301042/dulwichorguk/iwzi6pvrobhiunvjqy9i/The_Barry_Building_and_playing_fields.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1742301042/dulwichorguk/iwzi6pvrobhiunvjqy9i/The_Barry_Building_and_playing_fields.webp","width":750}])
Wednesday 2 April 2025
Dulwich College
(Open to energy and sustainability professionals within the Education sector)
![Four students working in classroom during a NML SCITT lesson]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1722952050/dulwichorguk/tbtckkobyyawcxef0rat/Four_NML_SCITT_students_working_in_classroom_lesson.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1722952050/dulwichorguk/tbtckkobyyawcxef0rat/Four_NML_SCITT_students_working_in_classroom_lesson.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1722952050/dulwichorguk/tbtckkobyyawcxef0rat/Four_NML_SCITT_students_working_in_classroom_lesson.jpg","width":750}])
Wednesday 07 May 2025
9am - 12 noon
Dulwich College
(Free and open to all)
Wednesday 14 May 2025
1.30pm – 3.30pm
Dulwich College
(Free and open to all)
Latest News
![Director of Music Gareth Hemmings conducts at Spring Choral Concert]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742403938/dulwichorguk/wyiyjbf1apvfhimlrhnx/Director_of_Music_Gareth_Hemmings_conducts_at_Spring_Choral_Concert.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1742403938/dulwichorguk/wyiyjbf1apvfhimlrhnx/Director_of_Music_Gareth_Hemmings_conducts_at_Spring_Choral_Concert.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1742403938/dulwichorguk/wyiyjbf1apvfhimlrhnx/Director_of_Music_Gareth_Hemmings_conducts_at_Spring_Choral_Concert.webp","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1742403938/dulwichorguk/wyiyjbf1apvfhimlrhnx/Director_of_Music_Gareth_Hemmings_conducts_at_Spring_Choral_Concert.webp","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1742403938/dulwichorguk/wyiyjbf1apvfhimlrhnx/Director_of_Music_Gareth_Hemmings_conducts_at_Spring_Choral_Concert.webp","width":1394}])
Dulwich College musicians celebrated the arrival of Spring with a concert of joyous energy, vigour and life at Southwark Cathedral last Friday.
![Year 12 exhibition 'Serial']([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742816498/dulwichorguk/nys2ii4ghtjjhzfj2qiq/Year_12_exhibtiion_Serial.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1742816498/dulwichorguk/nys2ii4ghtjjhzfj2qiq/Year_12_exhibtiion_Serial.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1742816498/dulwichorguk/nys2ii4ghtjjhzfj2qiq/Year_12_exhibtiion_Serial.webp","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1742816498/dulwichorguk/nys2ii4ghtjjhzfj2qiq/Year_12_exhibtiion_Serial.webp","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1742816498/dulwichorguk/nys2ii4ghtjjhzfj2qiq/Year_12_exhibtiion_Serial.webp","width":1394}])
It was a pleasure to welcome parents, friends, and colleagues to the Private View of ‘Serial’ on Thursday, 6 March, at The Store.
![Year 12 Physics visit Kirkaldy Testing Works]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742458863/dulwichorguk/vmnnzljmkoymjranbbwk/Year_12_Physics_visit_Kirkaldy_Testing_Works.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1742458863/dulwichorguk/vmnnzljmkoymjranbbwk/Year_12_Physics_visit_Kirkaldy_Testing_Works.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1742458863/dulwichorguk/vmnnzljmkoymjranbbwk/Year_12_Physics_visit_Kirkaldy_Testing_Works.webp","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1742458863/dulwichorguk/vmnnzljmkoymjranbbwk/Year_12_Physics_visit_Kirkaldy_Testing_Works.webp","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1742458863/dulwichorguk/vmnnzljmkoymjranbbwk/Year_12_Physics_visit_Kirkaldy_Testing_Works.webp","width":1394}])
This week Year 12 Physics students paid a visit to the historic Kirkaldy Testing Works in Southwark to experience first-hand how to test materials like steel and nylon-strapping beyond their load capacity.
![Musicians performing at College of Rock 2025, Auditorium]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742400413/dulwichorguk/iydirqy3ldbaurjgcfie/Musicians_performing_at_College_of_Rock_2025.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1742400413/dulwichorguk/iydirqy3ldbaurjgcfie/Musicians_performing_at_College_of_Rock_2025.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1742400413/dulwichorguk/iydirqy3ldbaurjgcfie/Musicians_performing_at_College_of_Rock_2025.webp","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1742400413/dulwichorguk/iydirqy3ldbaurjgcfie/Musicians_performing_at_College_of_Rock_2025.webp","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1742400413/dulwichorguk/iydirqy3ldbaurjgcfie/Musicians_performing_at_College_of_Rock_2025.webp","width":1394}])
On Tuesday 11 March, rock bands from across the school performed songs they have been working on to an appreciative and packed-out audience in the Auditorium.
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Around 100 Dulwich Middle School pupils volunteered to take part in the recent UKMT Intermediate Maths challenge.
Pastoral
Our extensive pastoral care is an integral part of our holistic education
Partnerships
Partnerships
We believe that mutual benefit comes from engaging in partnerships
Holistic Education
In addition to excellent public examination results, Dulwich offers a truly holistic education with a breadth of opportunities and underpinned throughout with strong pastoral support
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Co-curricular
Co-curricular
An energetic and varied programme to inspire every pupil at every age
Charities
Charities
Pupils demonstrate commitment and initiative in their extensive charitable fundraising
Clubs and Societies
Clubs and Societies
Over 80 enthusiastic, diverse and innovative clubs and societies
An Active Community
Our diverse and outward-looking community is built and nurtured through a wide range of partnerships, our OAs and our established network of international schools
Old Alleynians
OAs reconnect and networks at events
Dulwich International
Our International Dulwich Olympiad 2019
Local primary pupils attend Saturday School
OAs reconnect and networks at events
Our International Dulwich Olympiad 2019