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  • Civil war comes to life Jan 23

    Civil war comes to life

    On Wednesday 14th December 8KO and 8NM visited the National Army Museum  in Chelsea as part of their current investigations into the English Civil War in their histo…
  • Sixth Form visit the National Portrait Gallery. Jan 22

    Sixth Form visit the National Portrait Gallery.

    Twenty eight GCE students from the 6th form art and photography classes recently took part in a day's workshop at the National Portrait Gallery. 'Chasing Mirrors' is…
  • Dreaming of Oz Jan 22

    Dreaming of Oz

    The creative arts faculty are preparing for their new production, Dreaming of Oz, which is now just over a month away on Wednesday 29 Feb and Thursday 1 March. Stude…
  • Glee club challenge Jan 21

    Glee club challenge

      After passing through the first round of the The Jack Petchey Glee Club competition, the Dunraven Soul Choir hit the big stage and performed at the …
  • Young enterprise team win Jan 21

    Young enterprise team win "best stand"

    On Saturday 10 December, the sixth form Young Enterprise team 'Fresh Monsta' were selling to the public at the W12 Shopping Centre in Shepherds Bush.  They were joined by…
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    School dates for 2012-13

    Dunraven has published its draft dates for 2012-13. They are on the information page, or just click here.…
  • All change Jan 05

    All change

    Go through the main entrance of the school into the administration block and you’d get a surprise. Where is the school office, bustling with activity? The corridor, packed wit…
  • No news thumbnail available Jan 04

    Consultation on admission arrangements

    Please go to the information section to see these documents, or click here. The consultation ends on 29 February.…
  • New rooms on timetables Jan 02

    New rooms on timetables

    On Thursday 5 January our new South Central block opens. This, the first new building in our BSF programme, has taken nearly a year to build, and is on the site of the former …
  • Sports report - November and December Jan 01

    Sports report - November and December

    Football Year 7, under the guidance of Mr Haywood, have continued to do very well. They are in the quarter final of the south London cup, having beaten Archbishop Tenison…

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Welcome to Dunraven School

The last ten years have seen remarkable progress at Dunraven.  For example in 2000, the GCSE outcomes stood at 39%: in 2011 the 5 A*-C figure was 93%.  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 2000, the Sixth Form, SL6 and the new building were just a twinkle in the school’s aspirational eye.  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 2000 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 2010-11 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 now begun and we are excited that our first new buildings will be in use from this October. An updated version of the BSF newsletter, with a summary of the whole building programme, was published at the end of the summer term. You can read it here. 

David Boyle
September 2011