A strong commitment to helping academically-talented disadvantaged students through bursaries helped Dulwich College win  Independent School of the Year for Contribution to Social Mobility in our 2022 awards campaign. Read their full entry below?

Our foundation is one of inclusiveness Dulwich College is, and has been since its foundation in 1619, committed to helping academically-talented disadvantaged students from the local community achieve their potential.
Bursaries at Dulwich College

Over £4 million is granted every year to support 200 bursary awards in and adjacent to our own borough of Southwark. 148 pupils (74% of bursary award holders) are supported with 75% to 100% of their annual fees, which are often life-changing. Two pupils in receipt of 100% boarding bursary awards came to us through the Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation, which shares our commitment to social mobility and works closely with empowering community organisations. Spending on bursaries has more than doubled since 2013 and it is our ambition to become a truly needs-blind school, open to pupils from all walks of life.
An egalitarian community
Those in receipt of bursaries are known to just a small number of staff because we believe that every pupil is at Dulwich through merit irrespective of their economic circumstances.
Our awards are designed to enable recipients to access a Dulwich education to the full, covering the costs of academic and co-curricular trips as wel...