The College is committed to building strong partnerships with independent and state schools. These partnerships raise aspirations across both sectors, and despite the pandemic, the College committed to continuing all our partnerships, flexibly adapting all our activities. Our partnerships are strategic and consultative, allowing us to match our partners’ needs to our strengths which in turn have a valuable and far-reaching impact on the community. One of our most important partnerships is that of the Southwark Schools’ Learning Partnership (SSLP) which was established as a London Challenge project in 2003 and today numbers 17 schools, including four independent senior schools and nine state schools. SSLP promotes projects between students and career professional development for teaching staff. Dr Joe Spence, Master, and Catherine May, Head of St Saviour’s and St Olave’s, are the current SSLP Co-Directors. “Our partnership work has never been so crucial,” according to Dr Spence. “At SSLP’s heart is a commitment to connecting apparently diverse schools, students and teachers in a club that exists for the benefit of all.” Partner pupils and staff shifted their activities online, embracing new activities to continue reaching as many pupils and staff as possible. The SSLP ran several impactful projects over academic year 2020-21, despite the challenges of the pandemic: Anti-Racism Project: In response to Black Lives Matter, SSLP pupils collaborated to create a short film and accompanying lesson plan on anti-racism aimed at a Year 8 audience. Participants attended a film screening at Theatre Peckham in May 2021. Thinking About: A series of webinar talks for SSLP pupils in Years 11 to 13 that proved incredibly popular for the 2020-21 academic year and will be extended further for the 2021-22 year. Guest speakers included David Lammy MP, Grime Artist Afrikan Boy and dystopian author Sarah Govett. More than 1,200 viewers watched these informative webinars to learn more about different topics and career paths. Oxbridge and Medical School Interviews: Dulwich held 47 mock Oxbridge interviews and 12 mock medicine interviews for SSLP pupils. At least 18 participating SSLP pupils received a positive offer.
In addition to our longstanding partnership with SSLP, Dulwich also holds educational partnerships across London. City Heights E-ACT Academy (Tulse Hill): Dulwich College and City Heights share experience and good practice to benefit both schools, and the College provides support for the Academy’s educational work. Thanks to one of our supporters, for example, Dulwich secured laptops for City Heights pupils, and one of our maths teachers attends the Academy one afternoon per week to support the Academy’s Year 11 mathematicians. Dulwich Wood Primary School: Dulwich began a new partnership with Dulwich Wood Primary School in which 10 Dulwich Wood pupils took part in weekly violin lessons with the College’s Head of Strings, culminating in a Year 3 performance for parents. Saturday Schools: We continue to run Saturday Science and Art lessons at the College to inspire local state primary pupils from Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham. Due to the pandemic, the College ran lessons by Zoom, and more than 40 children from ten local primary schools took part – of those, more than 30% were on Pupil Premium – helping to bridge the gap for pupils in need during the pandemic. Staff Outreach: College staff support all areas of our educational partnerships. 30 staff members hold positions of governorship or trusteeship with partner and other charitable organisations. The Master Dr Spence, for example, is trustee of the Mark Evison Foundation and Dulwich Picture Gallery, and Deputy Master (External) Dr Pyke is Trustee of the E-ACT Multi Academy Trust. School-Centered Initial Teacher Training (SCITT): The College is the largest regional hub of the National Mathematics and Physics SCITT which was founded to address the acute shortage of teachers. The College is also a member of the National Modern Languages SCITT. In 2020-21, the College recruited, trained and arranged school placements for 13 maths and physics teachers and 15 modern languages teachers. Our trainees this year came from all backgrounds – academia, civil service, film, music and finance – the majority of whom have gone on to secure jobs in state schools including SSLP schools.
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