Latest News
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May 17 Rambert Dance Project
At the start of this year a group of Year 8 and 9 dancers were selected by Miss C Andrews for a prestigious project with the Rambert Dance Company. This culminated in a perfo…
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May 17 Step into Dance
Once again Ignition Street Dance Crew performed excellently at the Lambeth Step into Dance borough event on Tuesday 14 May (pictured here with the Lambeth Mayor and Kirsty…
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May 17 Young Actors
The Drama Department would like to congratulate A2 students Eben Figeuiredo and Lauren Meredith Stubbs on their recent achievements. Eben has recently gained professional rep…
- May 17
The Body in the Staffroom
On Wednesday 24 April, four Year 8 students, Niamh, Nurul, Sam and Matthew went to the University College London Chemistry department to attend the Salters’ Festival of Chemi…
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May 17 Taming of the Shrew
On 22 April the A2 Drama and Theatre Studies students went to the Globe Theatre in preparation for their upcoming exam on The Taming of the Shrew. Students had the opportunit…
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May 17 Comedy Sports
Well done to the Drama Enrichment Group for their first 'Comedy Sports' performance! Year 12 and 13 enrichment students participated in an improvisation style performance for…
- May 11
Rising levels of measles
To Parents/Carers of Children at LambethSchools
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May 01 Ignition
Our street dance crew Ignition will once again be performing with other London Schools at a Borough event at The Evelyn Grace Academy on Tuesday 14th May from 7pm. We are in …
- May 01
Artists at the Science Museum
GCSE art students visited the Science Museum on 13 March with Ms Votano and Ms Smith. They were investigating and exploring material to inform their exam preparation on the t…
- May 01
Women in Science
On Wednesday 6 March, during women's week, I was one of a group of girls who attended the London Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WiSET) event at Imperial Colleg…
- May 01
UK Mathematics Team Challenge - London Finals
On Thursday 28th February, a team of our most talented Key Stage 3 mathematicians competed in the London finals of The UK Mathematics Team Challenge. Prakriti and Marek in Ye…
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Apr 23 Dunraven Dance Show 2013
The annual Dance Show was back this year in the newly refurbished Drama Hall and was once again a huge success. Students from all year groups strutted their stuff on stage in…
- Apr 23
Science Competitions
As part of National Science Week (15th - 24th March 2013), the science department ran a roadshow every lunchtime in the south block atrium, with challenges for KS3 classes du…
- Apr 23
Dancing at the QEH
Fourteen Year 8-9 students have been involved in our third year of a valuable project with the Rambert Dance Company. The students selected were taken to see the company in a…
- Apr 18
Offers for Reception for September 2013
Wednesday 17 April 2013 was National Offer Day for Reception places for September 2013. Local Authorities will have written to families on Wednesday 17 April informing them o…
Year 11 students rehearse their GCSE Drama performance this week, "Be My Baby".
Dunraven students made the news for real on 21 March as they took part in BBC School Report. Click on the image to see more.
Welcome to Dunraven School
The last ten years have seen remarkable progress at Dunraven. For example in 2002, the GCSE outcomes stood at 43%: in 2012 the 5 A*-C figure was 98%. In fact, we’ve just recorded another set of ‘best yet’ results at Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 which is a testament to the commitment of the students and the expertise of their teachers. In 2002, the Sixth Form, SL6 and the new building were plans for the future. We now have an ‘outstanding’ Sixth Form and SL6 is the most successful collaboration in this part of London.
Ofsted viewed the school as improving in 2002 and on the verge of outstanding in 2010. The school has helped develop 7 successful headteachers in the past decade and gained a second specialism, High Performing status, Beacon Status, International status, Advanced Healthy School status, Investors in People status for the second and third time, Artsmark, Sportsmark and won a Public Service Award for our landmark sports hall. Dunraven has also been designated as a National Support School (NSS) in recognition of the good work we do in working successfully with and supporting other schools.
One of the reasons for the school’s on-going success has been the ability to control our own destiny and decide the best use for the resources we have been given to better support the progress of our students. To this end, Dunraven became a Grant Maintained school in 1993, a Foundation school in 1999 and, continuing the tradition of independent self-management, became an Academy in August 2011.
We’ve been visited by the Prime Minister and Education Secretary of the day; Headteachers from America, China, Sweden, Norway and Canada; by two Knights, a Baroness and 3 Directors of Children Services in recognition of the work we do for our young people. We’ve also run thousands of educational visits (almost 300 in 2011-12 alone) and hundreds of events to enrich and extend the curriculum. We have developed a strong reputation locally, within London and nationally featuring in positive reports about outstanding schools.
Our Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme has entered its final phase and we are delighted that our new Sixth Form building opened at the start of the Autumn term. A BSF newsletter, with a summary of the whole building programme is attached here.
Success never stands still. Dunraven is about to grow into an All Through school. The Governors have agreed to support the need for additional primary school places by expanding our provision from 11-18 to 4-18. The primary phase will develop year by year beginning with two forms of Reception children joining the school in September 2013. This offers families a unique opportunity as well as the chance for the school to create an exciting and enriched learning experience for all its students.
David Boyle
September 2012
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