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Key Dates for 11+ and Kent Test

by Admin on 15 August 2011

This year’s Kent Test takes place on the 13th and 14th September 2011.
Parents will be informed of the Kent Test results on the 17th October by email or on the 18th by post.
Why not visit Dover College during the Open Morning on Saturday 8th October? Although a private school, Dover College offers a good alternative [...]

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Dover College Open Morning

April 21, 2011

Title: Dover College Open Morning
Location: Dover College
Link out: Click here
Description: Dover College is a small, dynamic private school for boys and girls aged 3 to 18 years old close enough to London to enable boarders to attend but also let our pupils go to the Theatre in London. Our pupils are given the opportunity to [...]

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Are private schools worth the money?

April 21, 2011

Educating your children privately is a huge commitment and best not entered lightly when committing yourself to paying school fees for a number of years. That said there must be something in it as plenty of parents are willing to take the plunge for what they perceive and many others would describe as an investment [...]

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Elspeth Robertson

January 24, 2011

Elspeth attended Dover College as a Music Scholar and was Head Chorister in her last year. During this time, she attended the Junior Royal Academy of Music on Saturdays, studying cello, bassoon and recorder. In 2007 Elspeth won the Junior Wind Prize and later that year she went on to win 2 regional Young Musician [...]

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New Headmaster Announced

December 6, 2010

It was announced, Saturday 4th December 2010, that Gerry Holden, currently Headmaster of Rendcomb College in Gloucestershire, will become the new Headmaster of Dover College from September 2011.
Gerry’s 11 year headship at Rendcomb followed a variety of teaching posts including being Head of History at Forest School in London before heading a larger History Department [...]

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The 11-Plus from a Parents Perspective!

October 14, 2010

Having had five children take the test over the duration of nearly two decades (a time scale that I am normally loath to admit!) I would like to believe that I am reasonably well versed in the process. That said, even I must admit that I was shocked by the change in parental attitude towards [...]

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Dover College Headmaster headhunted

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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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