Dulwich College

Dulwich College
Address
Dulwich Common, Dulwich London , SE21 7LD England
Coordinates	51°26′22″N 00°05′03″W / 51.43944°N 0.08417°W / 51.43944; -0.08417
Information
Type	Public school Private day and boarding school
Motto	Latin: Detur Gloria Soli Deo (Let Glory Be Given To God Alone)
Established	1619; 405 years ago (1619)
Founder	Edward Alleyn
Local authority	Southwark London Borough Council
Department for Education URN	100861 Tables
Chair	Peter Riddell[1]
The Master	Joseph Spence
Gender	Boys
Age range	2–19
Enrolment	1,820 (2018)[2]
Capacity	1,750[2]
Houses	Day: 8 Boarding: 3
Colour(s)	Royal blue and black
Publication	Alleynian
Affiliations	Alleyn's School James Allen's Girls' School
Alumni	Old Alleynians
Website	www.dulwich.org.uk
"Dulwich College, registered charity no. 1150064". Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Dulwich College is a 2–18 private, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars. It began to grow into a large school from 1857, and took its current form in 1870 when it moved into its current premises.

Admission by examination is mainly into years 3, 7, 9, and 12 (i.e. ages 7, 11, 13, and 16 years old) to the Junior, Lower, Middle and Upper Schools into which the college is divided. It is a member of both the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group.

In the 2023 A-Levels, the school saw 64.8% of its candidates score A*/A.^[3] The school is included in The Schools Index as one of the 150 best private schools in the world and among the top 30 senior schools in the UK.^[4]