Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong (Dulwich Pudong, ) is a British international school located in
Pudong
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''. 27 April 2011. Retrieved on 1 October 2015. it caters to expatriate children from Toddler to Year 13 (aged 2 – 18 years old).
The language of instruction is English and the College is co-educational and non-denominational.
Academics and academic performance
The academic programme is based on the English National Curriculum for England and Wales. The College offers the
International General Certificate of Secondary Education
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(IGCSE) in Years 10–11 and the
International Baccalaureate
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Diploma Programme (IBDP) in Years 12 and 13.
Unlike in
Dulwich College
Dulwich College is a 2–19 independent, 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 ...
in the UK, the IB exam is used to determine university eligibility instead of the
A-levels
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Mandarin Chinese
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.
In 2010 the average score for
International Baccalaureate
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students was 34 of 45. 15% of Dulwich's students scored above a 40 that year. In 2010 about 75% of Dulwich Shanghai's
IGCSE
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entries were A or A*.
Student body
As of 2011, the school had 1,350 students from 42 countries. 18% were Americans and 17% were British. Several other students' families originated from Australia, Hong Kong, Germany, India and Singapore.
Tuition
As of 2011 the school's annual tuition includes school uniforms and examination fees, while it does not include transport and lunch. Two-day toddler programmes have yearly tuitions of 27,700 renminbi (£2,619). Students in full-time
sixth form college
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programmes have yearly tuitions of 220,600 RMB (£20,855).
See also
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Dulwich College Singapore
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Dulwich College Beijing
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Dulwich College
Dulwich College is a 2–19 independent, 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 ...
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Dulwich College Suzhou
Dulwich College Suzhou (DCSZ; ) is a private international school located in Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China. The school has approximately 900 students from age 2 to 18 (Early Learning 1 to Year 13).
Dulwich College Suzhou is part of the ...
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Dulwich International High School Suzhou
Dulwich International High School Suzhou (DHSZ, ) is a private high school located in Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China, along with its sister school Dulwich College Suzhou (DCSZ).
The school has approximately 800 students enrolled, age from ...
Shanghai
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