DLD College London A GSG School
- DLD College London
199 Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7FX - Head: Irfan Latif
- T 020 7935 8411
- F 020 7935 0755
- E [email protected]
- W www.dldcollege.co.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 14 to 19.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Lambeth
- Pupils: 300; sixth formers: 271
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £23,950 - £31,000 pa; Boarding + £18,900 to £29,400 pa
- Open days: GCSEs and Lower School at DLD College London | Tuesday 3 November @ 6.30pm Boarding at DLD College London | Tuesday 10 November @ 6.30pm Wellbeing & Opportunities at DLD College London | Thursday 19 November @ 6.30pm Meet the Students at DLD College Lo
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What The Good Schools Guide says..
Still focused on helping individual students reach their potential, it is now one of 21 schools owned by private education company Alpha Plus and is primarily a boarding school, offering a safe bridge between school and university. Strong ‘learning support’ department - ‘We don’t believe in labelling,’ says the head - provides one-to-one attention, liaising with subject teachers and monitoring progress.‘London is our playing field,’ says the head. Over 50 extracurricular activities provided on site, from creative writing to Model UN...
What the school says...
DLD College was founded in 1931 and is one of the oldest independent colleges in London. In September 2015 DLD College London entered an exciting new phase of its life when it moved across London to a brand new, purpose built campus in the heart of London overlooking Westminster and the Thames River. Today, DLD College has around 500 students studying GCSE, A level, BTEC, International Foundation Programmes (IFP) or Academic Preparation Course (APC). ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since 2018, Irfan Latif BSc PGCE FRSA FRSC (40s). Educated at Emanuel School in south London, he went on to study chemistry at King’s College London, where he also did his teacher training. Taught at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School in Elstree, followed by stints as senior housemaster at Whitgift School, deputy head (academic) at Bedford School, and five years as head of state boarding school Sexey’s in Somerset. At which point, he was approached to head DLD. ‘I relished the challenge of running a boarding school in London,’ he says. A natural urbanite, decisive, fast-talking and energetic, he has quickly brought DLD into line - ‘There were some pastoral issues in the past which needed addressing; things needed to change’ - and is already planning ahead for expansion to 600 students.
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Special Education Needs
DLD has two specialist teachers to help students with moderate dyslexia and other learning difficulties. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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