Our social mission 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 in the 1950s when local authorities funded the fees for 90% of our pupil body. This served to make Dulwich a vibrant and socially diverse school, representative of our wider community in south London – a community of talent from all walks of life. It is an exciting place in which our pupils can learn and grow, aware and respectful of the many different experiences and viewpoints they will encounter and able to interact with anyone on their own terms. This is a key part of how we prepare all of our pupils for the world beyond Dulwich. Since the mid-1990s, we have provided means-tested fee support from our own resources. We are able to do so through your generosity. Those 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. Today, 214 boys are at Dulwich on means-tested fee relief: the vast majority of these pupils benefit from deep bursaries (covering 75%+ of fees) and over 100 boys are here on free places. This support can have a transformational impact on families and wider communities. Our aspiration is that one day Dulwich will be a “needs blind” school – open to all those who can benefit, regardless of their ability to pay fees. By making a gift to the Bursary Appeal, you give a talented boy the opportunity of education – an excellent Dulwich education that can change the course of their life.
“Just a small donation can quite literally change the course of a life. And by changing the course of one life, you change the course of countless lives because that’s how life works.” Arese Joe-Oshodi OA (2018-20) joined the College in 2018 from a school in Bromley on a fully-funded place and completed his Sixth Form years here. He is completing his final year of an integrated Master’s degree in Engineering at Oxford University. During his two years here, Arese was fully immersed in College life – he was the School Vice-Captain, described as “one of the most impressive young men ever to pass through this school.”
Please consider making a gift today. We would be deeply grateful.
Dr Joe Spence The Master
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