Dulwich Prep & Senior (DPS), formerly known as Dulwich Prep London (2011-2024) and Dulwich College Preparatory School (1885-2011), is an

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, south

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for boys aged 2 - 16 years, with a co-educational Nursery. The current Headmaster is Louise Davidson. At the suggestion of the Master of Dulwich College, Thomas Mason opened Dulwich College Preparatory School (DCPS) for 13 pupils in January 1885. In 1938 headmaster John Leakey established an evacuation camp in the orchard on his father-in-law's land at Coursehorn, near Cranbrook,

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, where the affiliated Dulwich Cranbrook still is today.History of Dulwich College Preparatory School in Cranbrook, Kent

Dulwich Preparatory School, Cranbrook
Kent, UK. The school changed its name in September 2011 to Dulwich Prep London, having been previously called Dulwich College Preparatory School. Despite their close proximity and relationship, the school has no official link with

Dulwich College Dulwich College is a 2-18 private, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of ...

, which has its own junior school for students between ages 7 and 13. In May 2023, the school announced that it would be opening a senior school, starting with Year 9, in September 2025. As of September 2024, the school renamed itself Dulwich Prep & Senior for the upcoming senior school. https://posts.gle/vgcpYb

References

External links

School website

George Marsh, head teacher of Dulwich College Preparatory School

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, 26 September 2000
History of Dulwich College Preparatory School in Cranbrook, Kent
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