Dwight School London is an

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international school in

North Finchley North Finchley is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Barnet, situated 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Charing Cross. North Finchley is centred on Tally Ho Corner, the junction of the roads to East Finchley, Church End, Friern Ba ...

and

Friern Barnet Friern Barnet is a suburban area within the London Borough of Barnet, north of Charing Cross. Its centre is formed by the busy intersection of Colney Hatch Lane (running north and south), Woodhouse Road (taking westbound traffic towards North Fi ...

areas of north

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. The school educates children from the ages of 3-18 and consists of the senior, primary and nursery departments. It offers the

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programme at all levels.

History

The school initially developed from the Holmewood Boys' preparatory school founded in 1885 at North Finchley, which in 1985 was acquired by the Dwight Franklin Foundation and the family of the then Chancellor of the

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, New York, which remains the sister school of Dwight School London.Independent Schools Inspectorate Inspection Report: February 2011 In 1988, Holmewood merged with St Alban's School, becoming co-educational and being renamed Woodside Park Preparatory School, which in 1995 consolidated with the

Friern Barnet Grammar School The Friern Barnet Grammar School was a small independent day school for boys located on Friern Barnet Road, North London. It was later absorbed into the co-educational Woodside Park School foundation which was later renamed The North London Int ...

for Boys to form the Woodside Park School (later Woodside Park International School) for the education of pupils from the ages 4 to 18. In December 1995 the senior department was accredited by the

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to teach the IB Diploma Programme; in 2003, to teach the

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, and the following year the junior department the

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. Consequently, the school became one of only a handful of British establishments to deliver the full range of IB teaching programmes for pupils aged 3 to 19. In May 2006, the school came under sole ownership and was listed as a limited company with an age range of 3 to 18 years old. In 2008 it was renamed North London International School. The current name was adopted in 2012 to emphasize its links with the original Dwight School.

Academics

Dwight School London is one of the few schools in the United Kingdom which offers the

at all three levels: the

Primary Years Programme The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) is an educational programme managed by the International Baccalaureate (IB) for students in grades Kindergarten to Fifth grade. While the programme prepares students for the IB Middle Y ...

(PYP), the

Middle Years Programme The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) is an educational programme for students between the ages of 11 to 16 around the world as part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum. Middle Year Programme is intended to pr ...

(MYP) and the

Diploma Programme The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year Curriculum, educational programme primarily aimed at 16-to-19-year-olds in 140 countries around the world. The programme provides an internationally accepted qualification fo ...

(DP). Academic support is offered to pupils who need additional support to fully participate in the IB programmes.

Organisation

The school is organised into three divisions:ISI 2014 Integrated Inspection * Early Years (kindergarten and

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) * Lower School (Years 1 to 6) * Upper School (MYP and DP, Years 7 to 13 equivalent)

References

External links

Official websiteProfile
on the

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website * ISIbr>Integrated Inspection Report
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