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Dulwich Prep London (DPL)
Address
Map
42 Alleyn Park
Dulwich

London
,
SE21 7AA

 England
Information
TypeIndependent school
Preparatory School
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1885
FounderEdward Moore
Local authoritySouthwark
HeadmasterMichael Roulston
GenderBoys
Age3 to 13
Colour(s)Steel Blue and White
Websitehttp://www.dulwichpreplondon.org

Dulwich Prep London (DPL) is an independent preparatory school in Dulwich, south London, England for boys aged 3–13 years. It was founded in 1885, and is the largest boys preparatory school in the United Kingdom. Before September 2011 it was known as "Dulwich College Preparatory School". Michael Roulston took over as headmaster in Autumn 2009.

Dulwich Prep London is a feeder school for Dulwich College, Alleyn's School and public schools such as Tonbridge, Sherborne, St. Paul's, Westminster, Dover and Eton. Many boys at Dulwich Prep London, in Year 8, sit scholarship examinations and the ISEB Common Entrance Exam.

History

Soon after Dr Welldon took up the post of the Master of Dulwich College he saw that education of boys arriving at the school from local Dame Schools and gentlemen's establishments was of a poor quality. Walter Hudson (DCPS 1885 - 1888) describes Miss Shorter's prep school, in Alleyn Park, as being a typical Victorian Dame School with antiquated methods and a ridiculous curriculum. Dr Welldon contacted Thomas Mason, a school master and a friend from his Cambridge days, to open a prep school in Dulwich. On January 18, 1885 The Preparatory School for Dulwich College opened its doors at 1, Alleyn Park (where the Alleyn's Head now stands) to 13 small boys. With a curriculum based on Latin, Greek, arithmetic, algebra and Euclid the school's reputation as a centre of excellence grew rapidly, and as school roll expanded another teacher, Bickmore, was needed to assist Mason. After two years Mason left to open a prep school at Rottingdean.[1]

When the Reverend John Mason bought the school in 1887 the numbers were approaching 200, an astonishing number when you consider that small prep schools of 50 boys were still viable in the early 1970s. Mason built on the school's reputation and the numbers continued to grow. In 1891 the school moved to 46 Alleyn Park, and then again to 44 Alleyn park in 1893, a property with a large garden as well as a paddock at the back. Tow years later he bought the lease on 42 Alleyn Park and moved there with his growing family. There had been boarders at the school from the earliest days, some coming from as far afield as South America and India andthere wre dormitories above the hall that Mason built at the back of the two properties.[2]

In 1938 headmaster John Leakey established an evacuation camp in the orchard on his father-in-law's land at Coursehorn, near Cranbrook, Kent, where the affiliated Dulwich Preparatory School still is today.[3] Despite the danger in 1940, the school in London was reopened and run along with the school in Cranbrook. There were plans to move the school to the West Country, but when these fell through the Cranbrook school was evacuated to Betws-y-Coed in Snowdonia (there remains a memorial planting of trees in that village in memory of this period). Meanwhile, Coursehorn was being used as a camp for the troops, and in 1944 soldiers had been gathered there in preparation for the D-Day landings in Normandy.

In 2011, the headmaster, Michael Rouslton, changed the school's name, crest and uniform to that of Dulwich Prep London - mainly for the purpose of differentiating from the nearby Dulwich College.

In Autumn 2012, 1st 15 rugby team successfully passed a season unbeaten, having enjoyed wins in the squads tour to Sedbergh school and many large Irish senior schools, as well as playing regular fixtures in England and winning with immeasurable distinction. In 2015, the school's rugby sevens team were runners-up in the Rosslyn Park Nation sevens, losing to Caldicott School in the final. The school also have successful teams in Football, Cricket, Swimming and General Knowledge.

Tribes

At Dulwich Prep, the 'house' system has been re-modelled as the 'tribe' system and is based on the Native American tribes: Ojibwas, Mohicans and Chippeways, as well as one tribe, Deerfeet, named after 'Deerfoot'. The Burnham Cup is the trophy awarded to the tribe that collect the most slips (awarded for excellent work) in one term. In recent terms up to 2014, Mohicans has been the most successful tribe in the Burnham Cup. An athletics competition takes place in the summer, but every term rugby, football or cricket tribe events are carried out, depending on the term's respective sport. There is also an annual tribe swimming competition. The 'Challenge Cup' is awarded to the most successful tribe in all other competitions (excluding Slips) - these competitions include the various athletic competitions.

Notable former pupils

The following people were educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School:[4]

Headmasters

The following people were headmasters at Dulwich Prep:[8]

  • 2009— Michael Roulston
  • 1992—2009 George Marsh
  • 1962—1991 Hugh Woodcock
  • 1932—1962 John Leakey
  • 1930—1939 Philip Leake
  • 1910—1934 Reverend W R M Leake
  • 1887—1909 Reverend J H Mallinson
  • 1885—1887 T H Mason

References

  1. ^ http://dpoba.org/#thehistoryoftheschool
  2. ^ http://dpoba.org/#thehistoryoftheschool
  3. ^ History of Dulwich College Preparatory School in Cranbrook, Kent, Dulwich Preparatory School, Cranbrook, Kent, UK.
  4. ^ http://dpoba.org/#oldboysinthenews
  5. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/5613772/Tate-Britains-Stephen-Deuchar-to-move-to-The-Art-Fund.html
  6. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1148026/
  7. ^ http://theagency.co.uk/the-clients/joseph-alford/
  8. ^ http://dpoba.org/#pastheadmasters

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