Dulwich Prep London (DPL), formerly known as Dulwich College Preparatory School, is an

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preparatory school in

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, south

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for boys aged 3–13 years. The current Head Master is Louise Davidson. In 1938 headmaster John Leakey established an evacuation camp in the orchard on his father-in-law's land at Coursehorn, near Cranbrook,

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, where the affiliated Dulwich Prep Cranbrook still is today. The school changed its name in September 2011 to Dulwich Prep London, having been previously called Dulwich College Preparatory School. Despite their close proximity and relationship, the school has no official link with

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, which has its own junior school for students between ages 7 and 13.

Notable former pupils

The following people were educated at the school: * Nigel Baker (1980), Ambassador to the

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(1976), MP for

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* Sir Desmond de Silva QC (1951), Chairman of a UNHCR Inquiry into torture and executions of detainees in Syria *

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(1974),

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Notable former pupils

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