Parent Community Forum – Term 1 Highlights

Our Parent Community recently gathered for the Term 1 Parent Community Forum, hosted by our Head of College, Mrs Alison Derbyshire. The Forum offered parents the chance to hear College updates, meet our expert staff and engage with leadership. 

At this term’s forum, parents were introduced to our new Friends of Dulwich (FoD) Chair, Ms Tracey Freshwater, who introduced the mission and purpose of FoD, and invited parents to several upcoming events planned by the parent volunteer group.

Award-winning Seoul National University Professor and Master Planner John Hong spoke about the thinking behind the renovations over the summer, and what’s in store for future expansions and renovations.

Ms Kyndra Douglass, our new Director of University and Careers Counselling, provided an overview of how she and her team support students through their university application journey. She also highlighted our excellent IB and IGCSE results alongside impressive university destinations for the Class of 2025, which included Princeton, Brown, UPenn, UCLA and USC in the US, LSE and UCL in the UK and Waseda in Japan, to name a few.

Ms Derbyshire updated parents on actions the College has undertaken based on feedback from the Annual Survey, which included strong improvements in school lunches and ECAs. She shared survey results from students that showed over 90% of Primary students and three-fourths of Senior School students stating that the lunch has improved from the previous year. On the ECA front, Ms Derbyshire reported that the College took the feedback to heart and is offering a record 114 ECAs this term, including more student-led initiatives than ever. The forum further highlighted our 15th anniversary celebrations, from the College-wide “15” formation to the launch of our Together, We Can… campaign.

Finally, Mr Danny Helliwell, our new Head of Educational Technology and Innovation, introduced initiatives including iPad rollouts, robotics programmes, and AI tools to enhance teaching, learning, and digital literacy.

Our school continues to make every effort to ensure our parent community feels informed and connected to what is happening around the College. We thank all parents and guardians who attended the Forum, as your involvement remains vital to the success of Dulwich College Seoul. We look forward to next term’s forum, where we plan on featuring our Director of Sports, Peter Poulton to speak about our excellent Sports Programme.