Dulwich College

Dulwich College is an academically selective independent boys’ school in south London set in a 70-acre campus, only 12 minutes by train from central London. From August 2025, the College will be led by Mr Rob Milne.

Mr Rob Milne holds degrees from Leicester University and King’s College, London. He began teaching English at Oundle School, where he was also a house tutor. He taught at King Edward’s Birmingham, and Magdalen College School, Oxford before being appointed deputy head (pastoral) at King’s College Wimbledon and then headmaster of Emanuel School, a co-ed day school in Wandsworth, in 2017. In every post, he has been involved in and championed the full life of the school, coaching sports, and promoting pupils’ co-curricular, pastoral and holistic lives.

Dulwich’s community of 1,400 boys from age 7 to 18 is diverse in its social mix, breadth of talents, character and backgrounds. It has a distinguished tradition of inspired teaching and genuine scholarship in the classroom with an array of lectures, visiting speakers, curriculum enrichment and symposia. GCSE and A level results are outstanding – in 2024, 91% of all GCSE exams were awarded Grade 9 to 7.

Pupils from the College join the most competitive of universities across the world, including Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick, UCL and LSE in the UK, and Yale, Chicago and Brown in the USA, and thereafter enter all the major professions with a high number choosing to work in engineering, the health services and the law. Many of its students go on to engage in entrepreneurial, technological, cybernetic and innovative enterprises too, and Dulwich also has a reputation for producing fine actors, musicians, sportsmen and writers.

Pupils who are boarders frequently describe their Boarding House as a ‘home from home’ and their welfare is assured by Housemasters and Tutors with a level of commitment which places them genuinely in loco parentis.

The boarding community comprises over 20 nationalities who enjoy excellent facilities, including extensive sporting opportunities. Weekend activities include House trips, which might include, for example, London sightseeing, premier league football match, go-karting and paintball, and pupils also have time to relax, recharge their batteries, socialise and study in a calm and caring environment.

• All boys who are offered a place at Dulwich College are in the top 15% of the academic ability for their age group.
• 25 different sports are on offer and 75% of pupils represent their school
• 700 individual music lessons are given per week with 88 pupils learning more than one instrument.