Dwight School

Since 2015, Dr Blake Spahn BA MBA MA PhD. He has responsibility for all Dwight Schools around the world. The principals of the Dwight New York, London, Seoul, Shanghai, Dubai (and soon to be Hanoi) schools and Dwight Global online school all report

The main entry points are nursery, kindergarten, grade 6 and grade 9, but applications are accepted at all grade levels. Rolling admissions for families from abroad. Babies and toddlers can start, with parent in tow, in the The Wee Wonder (3-12

Praise for university counselling and advice for older students, particularly for those new to the US college application system.

University destinations in 2025 included Columbia, Cornell, University of Virginia, Northeastern, University of

School doesn't publish its IB results as it says that university places are secured on the basis of individual applications ahead of exams taken. Thirteen students achieved bilingual diplomas in 2025.

The first school in New York City to offer the IB Primary Years programme (early childhood years run on a separate campus at 94th Street and Columbus Avenue) and the first in the Americas to offer the IB curriculum at every grade level.

The IB

The school supports students with different learning styles: ‘Teachers are interested in the children as individuals - there is such a human connection,’ say parents. Individual learning support delivered across all grade levels through the school’s

While English is the predominant language heard around the school, students and teachers are a global lot and school endeavours to support this. EAL classes are available in school hours for children arriving in any grade. Some students will take EAL

A well-established Spark of Genius programme encourages all students to find something they enjoy and to pursue it. One parent told us, ‘My child was desperate to play the clarinet but far too young to learn. Dwight music staff encouraged him to

School makes the most of Central Park on its doorstep and students are also regularly bussed to the Upper East Side where its athletics center offers a swimming pool, squash courts and tennis courts on the roof. It’s a joint venture with a housing

This is a relatively small and closeknit school, where children thrive and where there’s a strong sense that all teachers have responsibility for pastoral care. From grade 9 onwards there is a dean for each grade, who takes care of pastoral care. The

Over 50 nationalities. Approximately two-thirds are Americans, though American families with one parent from overseas are fairly common. Dwight attracts liberal, internationally minded families and many parents make great friends with other parents

A family run school, Dwight School Foundation operates as a not-for-profit organisation governed by a board of trustees, providing financial aid, faculty professional development and Spark Tank innovation grants to students. A yearly appeal and

Dwight is an international IB school with an American feel. It prides itself, and rightly so, on being a school where children can find what they’re good at and be supported in pursuing that interest.