Dulwich College Prospectus
Middle School
Discover, develop, achieve
There are around 620 boys in Years 9 to 11 and we welcome up to 85 new entrants into Year 9 (age 13+) to join those moving up from Year 8. The curriculum focuses on establishing a sound knowledge base and developing the boys’ study skills to enable them to fulfil their academic potential and to grow as rounded individuals. Boys usually study ten GCSE/IGCSE subjects in Year 10 and 11 and transfer to the Upper School at the end of Year 11. There is early public examination entry for boys who demonstrate a particular aptitude for languages or mathematics.
“The Middle School Years are crucial in helping boys develop their identities both inside and out of the classroom. We encourage the boys to question everything, to be as empathetic as possible and strive for excellence in everything they do. These are the years when life-long academic passions are formed, co-curricular skills are developed, and friendships that last a lifetime are made.”
Sameer Tanna Head of Middle School
Life-long learning
The Wodehouse Library provides a comfortable space for quiet study, while the conversation area buzzes with discourse, debate and chess. With borrowing available from the British Library, and College membership of JSTOR (the digital library) there is no area of learning which the boys cannot access, while the periodicals room, hung with paintings from the Dulwich Picture Gallery, allows the boys to read newspapers and periodicals in a traditional library setting too.
The libraries at the College cater for the specific needs of different age groups, between
them housing 32,000 printed and audio-visual materials along with subscriptions to more than 30 online resources and ebook libraries. These resources support our ambition for all boys to develop into independent, self-motivated, life-long learners. The Raymond Chandler library is popular with enthusiastic Lower School readers and regularly hosts literary quizzes and author events.
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