There are over 60 languages spoken in the Dulwich Community...
Diversity and Inclusion
This is indicative of not only the linguistic diversity that you will find at the College, but also reflective of the inclusive community that we have established here over many years. Here at Dulwich College we have a specific commitment to anti-racism and colour consciousness, and we are building a school of equality where every pupil feels they have a place and where their skills, talents and contributions are recognised. With a focus on Race and Ethnicity, Gender Allyship and LGBTQ+, we are undertaking a variety of actions as part of our commitment to equality in areas of Curriculum development and wider learning, counselling and mentoring. Our Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) leaders host a pupil and staff Diversity and Inclusion Alliance that meets regularly to monitor and facilitate progress, ensuring opportunities are created and taken up across the College. The richness of diversity and inclusion benefits all and everyone is invited to join our conversation to be a positive agent of change.
You will join a community that is outward- looking and understands social responsibility...
Community Action
The past two years have allowed us to learn afresh how all of us can engage in reaching out to our communities in meaningful, innovative acts of compassion and service. At Dulwich College, in addition to encouraging these individual expressions of kindness formal, opportunities for practical, compassionate service are based in our programme of service learning (which is undertaken throughout the school), and in our formal and practical Community Action programme, which is open to those in Year 10 and above, and often undertaken as part of a Duke of Edinburgh Award. In non-Covid times, over 300 pupils have been involved in more than 45 volunteering projects. These include mentoring at local primary schools; tutoring at homework clubs and Saturday Schools; visiting and helping residents at a number of local Care Homes and helping with various gardening projects in the locality. Volunteers find the activities hugely rewarding; they play an important role in the personal development and wider education of the pupils and forge important links with our wider community. Pupils volunteer for approximately an hour each week during the first two school terms.
Boys and girls learn together.. .
Co-educational Opportunities
We are proud of the genuine breadth and depth of opportunity for pupil involvement that is offered by our co-curricular provision, which allows all pupils – be they novices, amateurs or elite performers – to enjoy a range of sporting, cultural, charitable and adventurous activities. Our pupils enjoy the benefits of a single-sex education with the opportunity of learning in a co-educational environment through a range of shared initiatives with local schools. There is a rich programme of activities with James Allen’s Girls’ School, shaped by Prefects. Pupils collaborate regularly on academic matters at, for example, Free Learning days, where charity and service often provide the source of inspiration, and these events are complemented by joint co-curricular activities, such as the Combined Cadet Force in Year 9; a variety of music concerts; drama productions; and fundraising events. A diverse range of year-round events, across a number of disciplines, is also offered with our partner schools as part of the Southwark Schools’ Learning Partnerships, affording pupils further opportunities to meet others from across the borough and beyond. All our ventures are underpinned by a strong pastoral emphasis, where there is a focus on the positive interactions between the pupils, and the friendships which ensue.
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