Bursaries

Dulwich College is committed to widening access to a Dulwich education, and the opportunities it provides, for boys whose families would otherwise be unable to afford school fees. By making a gift to our Bursary Appeal Fund, you can help us drive forward our ambition to increase funded places on offer and pass on the gift of education to an aspiring Alleynian.

A History of Opportunity

Dulwich College is proud of our history and tradition of providing access to education for talented boys from all backgrounds. The education of “poor scholars” was part of our foundational mission – one that reached its height during the ‘Dulwich Experiment’ in the 1950s when local authorities funded the fees for 90% of our pupil body. Following this era, the Assisted Places Scheme in the 80s and 90s provided free and subsidised places for eligible children to attend fee-charging independent schools.

Since the mid-1990s, we have provided means-tested fee support from our own resources – from fundraising and from our commercial enterprises, as well as through annual distributions from the Dulwich estate. Our donors who give what they can, when they can, have made it possible for us to award nearly six times as many free places as we did ten years ago.