Kingsdale Foundation School

‘Students come first at the school and everything possible is done to support them. This is a very high achieving school and competition between students is encouraged and students thrive on it. Students feel safe and secure and they feel valued. They are very keen to learn and to achieve their very best. They show concern for each other and are very supportive of more vulnerable students. The emphasis at Kingsdale is on wellbeing and achievement and the school is fully aware that the two go together and are not separate entities.’

We described a fulfilling combination of challenging, meaningful work within an organisation that provides a ‘friendly, family feel’ and deep sense of belonging. We are highly motivated, individuals are committed to the ethos enshrined in the Kingsdale A Place to Be poem. The ethos and the values contained within the school poem are understood, authentic and lived throughout the school.’

Kingsdale promotes academic and personal excellence, applauds achievement, cherishes success and celebrates our differences. Kingsdale is one of the most popular schools in the country and caters for the needs of a truly wonderful, talented and diverse community. Kingsdale is particularly well suited to aspirational children.

Kingsdale is proud of its Mathematical, Musical and Sports heritage. We offer scholarships for new entrants to the school who show mathematical, musical or sporting talent.

Kingsdale is a founding member of Southwark School's Learning Partnership (SSLP) which is a unique collaboration between local maintained and independent schools that includes Dulwich College, James Alleyn's Girls' School and Alleyn's School.

Kingsdale aims to improve the quality of education and raise levels of attainment through the implementation of a range of innovative strategies, works and practices which will transform the School into a community centre of learning excellence.

Kingsdale aims to offer an innovative and creative curriculum, which meets the needs of girls and boys in the 21st Century.

We aim for Kingsdale graduates to be effective independent learners whose success is promoted by personalised curricula and who are able to present themselves well.

We wish to produce adaptable and well-educated young people who have developed their skills and confidence in a strong moral and spiritual culture.

Our Ethos: Kingsdale School promotes academic and personal excellence, applauds achievement, cherishes success and celebrates our differences.

Kingsdale is dedicated to the betterment of each and every boy and girl, producing self-confident, responsible and articulate young people who care for and respect themselves and one another.

Kingsdale School provides a welcoming environment, which seeks to uplift the spirit, protect the dignity and enlighten those who come into contact with it.

Our Vision: Think of a beautiful place where people want to be, where there is a sense of purpose and possibility. Think of a community enriched by the power of diversity respecting rights and reflecting responsibility. A place to transform and to be transformed. A place to enable and to be enabled. Unity of purpose is our identity. Everyone empowered to become the best that they can be.

Kingsdale is a dynamic, exceptionally popular and progressive school to develop an award winning educational learning environment. At our specialist academic Sixth Form, students study a combination of respected traditional, artistic and alternative advanced courses.

Kingsdale provides exceptionally rich opportunities to challenge students of all abilities including options in Year 9 to study Triple Science, Latin, Economics and Psychology and the opportunity to study two languages from Year 7.

Kingsdale’s ICT facilities make us one of the most technologically advanced schools in the country. Students have access to PCs, Apple Macs, laptops, wireless technology and a Virtual Learning Environment.

All students at Kingsdale are offered the opportunity to take part in a ‘Trips of a Lifetime’ programme. Subsidised excursions to amazing destinations such as Japan, Namibia, Harvard and Yale Universities in the USA and the French Alps are organised every year.

In Summer 2017 we achieved our best ever A Level results with some exceptional individual performances including 2 students securing places at Oxford University and 5 going on to study Medicine.

Our Sixth Form careers offer is individually responsive to the needs of the students in ensuring that they receive independent guidance and advice from experienced and highly skilled careers experts. As part of our Careers Education programme, each student will:

• Receive bespoke advice and monitoring on careers that are linked to their interests and abilities; this may include tertiary education or apprenticeship routes. This advice is independently provided by an external organisation partnering with us for the delivery of high-quality provision.
• Receive personal and individual guidance on the completion of UCAS and employment forms. Students will have the opportunity to visit universities and a higher education convention.
• Attend a minimum of a 10 days work experience in an area of their interest, linked to advice and guidance recieved as part of their independent careers interview.
• Develop and complete their own resource bank in relation to the potential career pathway in line with their interests.