St Dunstan’s College celebrates ISI inspection as one of the first schools in the country to receive two ‘significant strengths’
St Dunstan’s College, Catford, is delighted to announce the findings of its latest inspection from the Independent Schools Inspectorate, carried out in April 2024.
Speaking about the report, St Dunstan’s head Nick Hewlett, said: “I am absolutely thrilled to share our new inspection report with our community.
“We are one of the first schools in the whole country to receive two significant strengths, and I am delighted they recognise both our broad, forward-thinking, renaissance education and how diversity is embedded and celebrated in everything we do at St Dunstan’s.
“The report is testament to the hard work, dedication and commitment of the whole community, and I pay tribute to staff, students and our families who make St Dunstan’s such a special and unique place to be.
“We are truly an independent school like no other, and I am proud of our place within Lewisham and the sector.”
The report praised the broad and varied curriculums on offer to students at St Dunstan’s, explaining: “Leaders have put in place an ambitious, timetabled curriculum which provides extensive opportunities for pupils to acquire the broadest of learning experiences.
“Leaders have taken great care in the design of this multi-faceted programme, which is included as part of the school day.
“There are four separate strands; together these provide the full range of curriculum subjects, an extensive offering of broader learning experiences, a programme of teaching skills for the future and one that focuses on building pupils’ well-being and self-awareness.
“The breadth and relevance of this curriculum and leaders’ decisions that all pupils participate in these opportunities, is a significant
strength.”
The second ‘significant strength’ applauded the school’s dedication to celebrating diversity within the school.
“The school’s ethos supports leaders in creating a strong community where diversity is celebrated,” the report found.
“This works through many facets of school life: through the curriculum, through the varied groups in school, led by pupils which celebrate diversity, and through producing events such as the annual St Dunstan’s festival.
“All these promote respect and understanding among the pupils for everyone in their own school and in the wider local community.
“This is a significant strength of the school,”
The inspection report comes at an exciting time for St Dunstan’s. This summer, the college celebrated its best A-level and GCSE results in its 136-year history.
In all, 88 per cent of all A-level grades achieved were A– B, with an outstanding 61 per cent being A – A and 27 per cent being A*.
Following the historic results, 97 per cent of the cohort will be heading to their chosen destination, which includes 100 per cent success for students holding an offer for Oxbridge, medicine, music conservatoires, art foundation or drama school.
Find out more about St Dunstan’s College at one of their upcoming open events this September to November. Book at www.stdunstans.org.uk
Pictured top: St Dunstan’s head Nick Hewlett with students (Picture: St Dunstan’s)