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Dover College Headmaster headhunted

Dover College Headmaster Stephen Jones

by Admin on 12 July 2010

Stephen Jones, 51, has been appointed Warden at St Edward’s, Oxford. He will take up his post in September 2011.
Stephen Jones, Headmaster of Dover College since 2004, was headhunted for the position at St Edward’s School in Oxford. St Edward’s is a co-educational day and boarding school for 650 pupils aged 13 to 18 with [...]

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I give you… Dover College

July 6, 2010

Here is a description, written in 2007 by Bernice McCabe in the Telegraph, which is something like the model towards which I believe Dover College strives and which explicates the values which really do matter here.
“Staff with a passion for their subject who are able to convey their knowledge and enthusiasm to pupils, irrespective of [...]

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Is it worth paying for a private education?

June 29, 2010

A DOVER COLLEGE MUM EXPLAINS WHY SHE CHOSE TO PAY FOR HER CHILDREN’S EDUCATION
I hear you say “why on earth would you pay for schooling when you can send your children to a local primary or secondary for free?”
Well, in my case it initially all hinged on the lack of progress one of my daughters [...]

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Kent Test Registration

May 18, 2010

Kent Council Council has published the key dates for the transfer to Secondary School for September 2011.
So if your child is currently in Year 5 and you wish for him/her to sit the Kent Grammar school test then read this!
You must register your child between Tuesday 1st June and Friday 2nd July 2010 although the [...]

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Infant and Junior School Chapel Service

April 23, 2010
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As usual on a Friday I went to Chapel at Dover College. The Infant & Junior School (IJD) attend Chapel on a Wednesday and a Friday and the Friday service is a Celebration Assembly that parents are encouraged to attend.
The Chapel is in the grounds, a beautiful 11th Century church, and the service is given by Dover College’s [...]

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Choosing a Secondary School for your Child

March 2, 2010

Some helpful advice regarding choosing a Secondary School for your child by Joe Sullivan, Chairman of Governors at Dover College Independent school.
This is an anxious time of year for many parents as they get the results of the Secondary School places allocation, announced Monday 1st March. Having Grammar schools, means that Kent offers a wider [...]

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Welcome to our New Blog!

March 1, 2010

We have just launched this new blog section of our website to enable us to bring you up to the minute news from Dover College Independent School.
You can sign up to our RSS feed through a reader or by email so that you get any news from us as soon as it’s posted.

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