Dulwich College Suzhou

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InformationTypeIndependent schoolMottoDetur Pons Mundo
("Building Bridges to the World")Established2007HeadmasterMike O'ConnorStaff200GenderBoys and girlsAge2 to 18Enrolment900 (approx.)Houses4Colour(s)Blue, Red, WhiteSportsAcamis Blue DivisionWebsitehttps://suzhou.dulwich.org/

Dulwich College Suzhou (DCSZ; Chinese: 苏州德威英国国际学校; pinyin: Sūzhōu Déwēi Yīngguó Guójì Xuéxiào) is a private international school located in Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China. The school has approximately 900 students from age 2 to 18 (Early Learning 1 to Year 13).

Dulwich College Suzhou is part of the Dulwich College International (DCI) network of schools. Dulwich College Suzhou was the third College to join the Dulwich family of schools in 2007.

Dulwich College in London is one of the UK's oldest independent schools, founded in South London as a boys’ school in 1619.The Dulwich network currently provides for over 7,200 students in eight cities and five countries, with Colleges in London, two campuses in the Jinqiao and Minhang districts of Shanghai, in Beijing, Suzhou, Seoul, Singapore and Yangon and International High Schools in Suzhou and Zhuhai.

The College

Dulwich College Suzhou opened in August 2007. The primary teaching language is English, with a Dual Language approach in Mandarin and English in Kindergarten. From Kindergarten through to Year 9 they follow the National Curriculum of England and Wales, enhanced for international needs. In Year 10 students begin the two-year International GCSE syllabus followed by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Years 12 and 13.

DUCKS

The Dulwich Kindergarten, known as DUCKS, caters to the youngest students from Early Learning 1 to Year 2 (age 2 to 7 years).^[1]

Junior School

Junior School caters for students from ages 7 to 11.^[2]

Senior School

Senior School includes students from ages 11 to 18 where students follow the IGCSE syllabus and International Baccalaureate Programme (IBDP).^[3]

Headmaster and Administration

The first Headmaster of the school was Nicholas Magnus who was Headmaster for five years from the founding until 2012. Nicholas Magnus left to found Dulwich College Singapore which opened in August 2014. After the departure of Nicholas Magnus, John Todd was chosen as Headmaster and remained as so until 2017.

The following Headmaster of the school was Stuart Bridge, who joined the College in August 2013 as Head of the Senior School, becoming Headmaster in 2017. He left the College in June 2019, at the end of the 2018/19 Academic Year.

The current Headmaster of the school is Mike O'Connor, who became Headmaster in 2019, at the start of the 2019/20 Academic Year, and has been the headmaster since 13 August 2019.

Georgina Gray is Head of Junior School and Shirley Wan is Head of Ducks (Early Years). Mark Jones is the current Head of Senior School.^[4]

The current administration of the Senior School goes as follows:

Administration of the Senior School

Name	Role
Mark Jones	Head of Senior School
Julie Mackie	Deputy Head of Senior School (Pastoral)
Damian Gray	Deputy Head of Senior School (Academic)
Ellie Chafer	Head of Key Stage 3
Lesley Lopez	Head of Key Stage 4
Aidan Jones	Head of Key Stage 5

See also

• Dulwich College Beijing
• Dulwich College
• Dulwich College Singapore
• Dulwich College Shanghai
• Dulwich International High School Suzhou

References

Further reading

• "Suzhou Delwich British International School Obtains Approval" [sic] (Archive). China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park. Retrieved on 14 January 2015.

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