Leavers’ Destinations

Year 2 children in the winterYear 2 children dressed up for the year-end play

Historically, about three quarters of our Year 2 leaving pupils have moved on to the following six local Dulwich schools: Alleyn’s Junior School (mixed), James Allen’s Preparatory School (girls), Dulwich College (boys), Rosemead (mixed), Sydenham High Junior School (girls) and Dulwich College Preparatory School (boys). Naturally, there are fluctuations from year to year depending on birth rates, availability of places, etc., but the top six destinations have consistently remained the same.

It is noteworthy that many children receive several offers, enabling them to choose the school which best suits them. For example, the 2009 leavers received on average 2.8 offers each from the schools listed below.

We are proud of this record, which is particularly strong when considering our comprehensive, non-selective intake into the Nursery and the Kindergarten. It proves that we regularly meet our objective of preparing all children to achieve their full potential, thus enabling them to move to the school most suitable to them.

The following table shows the destinations of all of our leaving pupils at the end of each of the past five school years.

Total July Leavers 2005-2009 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
1. Alleyn’s Junior School 42 (20%) 8 7 11 11 5
2. JAPS 35 (17%) 6 12 3 9 5
3. Dulwich College 27 (13%) 4 5 2 10 6
4. Rosemead 24 (12%) 4 4 3 2 11
5. Sydenham High 16 (8%) 5 6 1 2 2
6. Dulwich College Prep 14 (7%) 1 3 2 4 4
Hornsby House 8 (4%) 2 3 1 2
Streatham & Clapham 6 (3%) 2 4
St. Paul’s 5 (2%) 2 3
Other independent 8 (4%) 1 1 2 2
State schools 13 (6%) 5 1 4 3
Out of area 10 (5%) 1 4 3 1 1
Total 207 (100%) 41 45 28 54 39

The table below shows that about three quarters of our leaving girls have historically moved on to JAPS, Alleyn’s Junior School, Sydenham High or Rosemead. It also shows that there is a strong list of other good school options for our leaving girls.

Girls 2005-2009 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
JAPS 35 (28%) 6 12 3 9 5
Alleyn’s Junior School 25 (20%) 5 3 6 8 3
Sydenham High 16 (13%) 5 6 1 2 2
Rosemead 16 (13%) 4 2 2 8
Streatham & Clapham 6 2 4
Hornsby House 5 1 1 1 2
St. Paul’s 4 1 3
Other independent 6 1 1 1 3
State schools 8 3 1 3 1
Out of area 5 2 2 1
Total 126 28 25 16 35 22

The table below shows that about 80% of our leaving boys move on to Dulwich College, Alleyn’s Junior School, Dulwich College Preparatory School or Rosemead.

Boys 2005-2009 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Dulwich College 27 (33%) 4 5 2 10 6
Alleyn’s Junior School 17 (21%) 3 4 5 3 2
Dulwich College Prep School 14 (17%) 1 3 2 4 4
Rosemead 8 (10%) 4 1 3
Hornsby House 3 1 2
Other independent 1 1
State schools 5 2 1 2
Out of area 5 1 2 1 1
Total 81 13 20 12 19 17