Dukes Education Annual Report 2023

Founder’s Annual Review

2022 in review / 6

Highlights / pg.8

Student showcase / pg.20

Dukes alumni / pg.24

Meet the family / pg.28

A quick family history / pg.32

New additions / pg.34

Dukes Plus / pg.38

Little Dukes / pg.42

Dukes annual awards / pg.46

Dukes Conference 2023 / pg.48

Dukes Club / pg.50

Poetry Together / pg.52

International students / pg.54

Compliance & inspections / pg.56

A look at Dukes now / 58

Movers & joiners / pg.60

Our people / pg.62

Dukes by numbers / pg.64

Dukes Champions / pg.66

Dukes Hub / pg.68

Learning & Development / pg.69

Insight journal / pg.70

‘Bob’ - new HR database / pg.71

2023 & beyond / 72

Our Strategy 2025 / pg.74

Admissions / pg.76

Dukes Foundation / pg.78

Well-being / pg.80

Sustainability / pg.82

Improving quality of teaching and learning / pg.88

New developments / pg.90

Dates for your diary / pg.94

Welcome to 2023!

Today in 2023, eight years into this eventful journey, helping students realise their highest aspirations remains at the heart of Dukes – and it’s still what motivates me and our incredible Board. Throughout my own involvement in finance, the military and sport, I’ve been inspired by many great individuals, and I wanted to give others the same chance to overcome obstacles and succeed.

I was blown away by the recent ‘Leading with Heart’ team conference at Wembley Stadium. The quality of speakers was truly superb but equally your participation and engagement spoke volumes about our team’s continuous drive to keep learning. What really stood out for me was how everyone came together to support the day from the preparation, organising transport (given the train strikes), to the many volunteers at the welcome desk, the care for our guest speakers, to serving each other for lunch. Like the Japanese fans who stayed behind to clean all of the stands at the football World Cup, it’s a clear demonstration of our values. It’s a statement about respect, gratitude and attention to detail. The small things are the biggest indicator of the

big things: our values and culture. For us, the Dukes values of We love learning, alongside We lead with heart, We’re a team and We do it well were clearly evident on that day and can also be seen across this annual report. As the saying goes, culture eats strategy for breakfast. And despite our meteoric growth, I am so so pleased the culture of Dukes is shining bright.

This report gives a small insight into the exceptional work that goes on across the group. Congratulations to you and particularly to our pupils. I am constantly impressed and inspired by all the individuals from all across the Dukes family who have gone above and beyond. The annual awards 2022 saw a record level of nominations, which highlights the culture of high performance and inspiring stories we have. There are so many wonderful stories of academic success, pastoral brilliance and co-curricular variety that is enriching a child’s education across our schools. I am particularly pleased with the launch of the Dukes Club, rebranding of Little Dukes and Dukes Plus, the continuous growth of the learning & development programmes and engagement in the Dukes Hub (which I hope will have a physical space later this

In 2015, Dukes Education was founded with a simple mission – to provide young people with an education that would allow them to achieve their true potential. We wanted the education to be not only good but extraordinary.

year!), our investment into the Dukes Foundation and sustainability promises.

While our mission is simple, making it a reality however can be complex. Education is a multifaceted process that begins at birth and never ends. Indeed it’s increasingly understood that children need support throughout their entire infancy and youth to really achieve their best as adults. That’s why Dukes now covers every age

group from birth to 18 years, across a variety of Little Dukes settings, schools, colleges and Dukes Plus. It’s our breadth and depth in the quality of provision and exceptional people that makes us unique amongst our competitors. The all-through model, relentless focus on the pupil, long-term thinking with a decentralised structure empowering each of the settings to be the very best they can be is genuinely distinctive.

This is the model where our focus will lie over the coming years.

We have set about five strands to our flywheel being:

5. Acting as a responsible organisation

How we re-invest into our educational settings, the Dukes Foundation and sustainability initiatives

1. Operational resilience

Ensuring we have the right structures, resources and settings to succeed

Dukes Flywheel

4. Quality of product

Making our teaching and learning experience for our pupils extraordinary

2. World-class admissions

Providing exceptional customer ser vices

3. Having the best sta

Caring, supporting and rewarding our most important asset

To play a part in the future of so many young people is a tremendous privilege; it’s also a huge honour to work alongside such an extraordinary family of expert educators. Without the experience, knowledge and skills of our fantastic leaders and teachers, spread over 43 institutions, the Dukes family would not be able to inspire our students and parents in the same way. They come to us because they believe in what we offer: the best educational support at any age. It is by honouring that promise in the years ahead that we will continue to succeed – and take our group to great heights.

We have a clear strategy to fulfil our ambitious vision. With what I have witnessed over the last 12 months,

I am seriously excited about this year. It’s time to be brave, face the elements and thrive. We remain humble and with a desire to do better. I am privileged to have the opportunity to lead this organisation, so a big ‘thank you’.

Let’s go! Welcome to 2023!

Aatif Hassan Chairman & Founder of Dukes

HIGHLIGHTS Nurseries

Miss Daisy’s Nurseries

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Chinese and Lunar New Year from Miss Daisy’s! The children at Miss Daisy’s have been learning all about the traditions and celebrations of the Chinese and Lunar new year. They discovered how our friends and family in China and around the world celebrated, and took part in a Dragon dance. As it is the Year of the Rabbit, we also welcomed some cute friends into the nursery.

Riverside Nurseries

Riverside Nursery Schools Twickenham Park nursery have recently started offering Forest School sessions, every Wednesday, for our 3 and 4 year olds. Our Forest School Leader, Scott, has been getting to know the children and providing them with all of the knowledge they need to explore the curriculum in a safe way. It has been a real joy to see the children so excited about outdoor learning, and has supported their fine motor skills whilst using the tools and techniques Scott has shown them. It has also been a great way to get the children working as part of a team, and using their skills to problem-solve.

The Kindergartens

At The Kindergartens, we are taking part in the RSPB’s ‘Big Garden Bird Watch’. We are supporting this exciting project, and encouraging the children in our care to think about the changing world around them. By supporting this initiative in 2023, we are helping our children to understand what they can do to reverse the declining bird population and help look after the world for birds in the future. As part of the project, we will be observing and documenting the birds we see in our nursery gardens and parks and helping the RSPB to track and understand how UK birds are doing.

Hopes & Dreams Nurseries

A new nursery in the Hopes and Dreams family opened at Old Street over the summer, and has truly become a part of the local community in such a short space of time.

The setting has been designed to fully facilitate the Montessori early years approach, and combines stylish interiors with the exceptional care and education our Nursery Practitioners are known for at their sister nursery in Angel.

The spaces are beautifully bright and airy, with natural light flooding in to create amazing spaces to play and learn. Each resource and piece of equipment has been chosen to enhance the environments, as well as give children open-ended learning opportunities.

Magda Zurawska, our Nursery Manager said: “The nursery is beautiful and I’m delighted to be leading the team here at Old Street. We’ve been involved in the design right from the early stages and advised exactly how we wanted the rooms to look. The resources have been carefully chosen to provide rich opportunities for learning and development.”

Reflections Nurseries

Reflections have introduced music specialists who visit the children every week.

They love exploring the rhythms and beats they can make, as well as the instruments themselves with such an array of shapes and sizes.

We have been experimenting with sound, and how the children respond to what they hear. There has been lots of opportunities for

mark-making to music as well as moving our bodies to sound. We also explore the cultural significances of certain instruments, their history and the types of music they make.

Hove Village Nurseries

Hove Village were delighted to contribute several fun pieces of apparatus and play equipment to the newly refurbished playground at their community park, Wish Park. Many local families enjoy the park, so it seemed only right that they helped to make it the best outdoor space it can be. The nursery at New Church Road backs onto Wish Park directly and a new access gate has been provided to allow the children to visit the park even more easily. This has really helped to extend the opportunities for learning outside of the nursery garden, and help the children explore their local green spaces. The high quality equipment will be enjoyed by Hove’s children for years to come.

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Bassett House

In the summer term of 2022, Bassett House School very proudly launched the latest and most exciting edition to their curriculum: horse riding. In partnership with Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre, we have carefully curated lessons to form part of the children’s ‘living curriculum’, which allows pupils to ride both real and mechanical horses, learn about all aspects of horsemanship, as well as groom and care for the horses. For our older pupils, this is also an opportunity to take their learning outside of the classroom and discover more about animal science and physiology.

The launch has been a huge success with both pupils and parents alike, and we feel incredibly fortunate to be able to offer this rare and invaluable opportunity for our children.

Broomfield House

Lola, Naomi and Leila visited Dukes Education HQ after Lola won the opportunity to be ‘Chairman for the Day’ at our PTA Fair. Mr Hassan welcomed them saying how delighted he was to step aside for the day and tasked them with a full day’s work of thorny issues and tricky decisions to consider. The girls took over the main boardroom, together with the Dukes marketing team, and got down to

business thrashing out recommendations they recorded in a video report for the Board. The day included an intense working lunch with the Chairman at the Rainforest Cafe, before being chauffeur-driven back to school.

Broomfield Hall Lower

Year 1 travelled to Egypt as part of their thematic topic. The school was full of explorers, archaeologists, mummies, Egyptian queens and even Howard Carter, who discovered Tutankhamen’s tomb. Thanks to all the teachers and teaching assistants who made it such a fantastic day.

Chiswick & Bedford Park

With almost too many events to choose between, a highlight from the CBPPS calendar for 2022 has to be our Diversity Week celebrations. Taking place in the autumn term, it was a fun-filled week of workshops, assemblies, talks and more. The children took part in global dance workshops where they learnt some moves from a variety of traditional dances including the Hula, Viennese Waltz, Irish dancing and the Haka. We created a school cook book containing recipes from around the world with over 20 countries represented. We thoroughly enjoyed hosting our guest parent speakers who gave highly informative talks about different countries and cities from around the world. Our parent reps worked with every pupil to take a photograph of their eyes, which will be used in a giant collage soon to be on display in the school, to celebrate the uniqueness of each child. Each pupil enthusiastically took part in our dressing up day, wearing either the traditional dress or the colours of their families’ national flags to celebrate the rich diversity of our CBPPS community. We rounded off the week with a fantastic food fair which saw the hall filled with delicious global dishes made by parents and pupils. A big ‘thank you’ to all who took part.

Devonshire House

Devonshire House School’s Festival Choir took part in an exciting trip to Prague, Czech Republic in October 2022. They spent four days in Prague, performing in various emblematic venues of the city such as St Nicholas Church, St Salvatore’s Church, St Martin-in-the Wall Church and Czech Museum of Music.

After practising for weeks, they landed in Prague and went straight to their first performance

venue: the Czech Museum of Music. After a quick tour when pupils discovered lots of old instruments, Marley, Year 8, said: “We got into our performance outfits and it was show time!” After each song, the audience burst into a massive field of clapping.

The performances included the choir singing in harmony, a violin solo, some brilliant duets and musical interludes. The pupils’ favourite venue was St Martin-in-thewall, which “had the most beautiful crown chandelier”, according to Sophia in Year 6.

The trip also included some cultural visits to The Old Town including the Jewish quarter, The Old Town Square with the famous Prague clock tower, Prague Castle, St Vitus Cathedral and a boat tour on the river.

Devonshire House School’s Festival Choir is continuously performing for different audiences! Recently, they sang at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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Eaton Square Prep

The Eaton Square Prep School Swim squad continued to triumph at national level throughout 2022.

At the 2022 English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) Finals, Eaton Square secured the ultimate title of ‘Best Overall School’ in their category, alongside the sought-after ‘Freestyle Relay’ and ‘Mixed Stroke Medley’ titles. At the Independent Schools Association (ISA) National Swim Finals 2022, Eaton Square swimmers won an outstanding total of five medals: 2x Gold, 2x Silver and 1x Bronze).

To reach the finals for both leagues is, in itself, a truly phenomenal achievement. To secure so many podium positions, is exceptional.

Eaton Square Senior

The goal of the competition is to create an original artistic piece that focuses on an area of scientific study, be it an organism, cell, or apparatus.

There were some fabulous entries from Biology enthusiasts ranging from small-scale digestive systems in the form of collages that made use of different types of fabric, candies and beads, to a life-size model of the popstar Justin Bieber that showcased his digestive organs.

Hampton Court House

To coincide with Biology Week, Eaton Square Senior students took part in the Royal Society of Biology’s Annual Art Attack Competition.

In partnership with charity Their Future Today, Hampton Court House hosted The Sapphire Ball in September 2022, raising over £53,000 for the charity’s work with children, families and under-privileged communities in Sri Lanka.

Their Future Today was founded by Lynn Stanier MBE and her son Joel, an Old Courtier. As a former parent and Friend of HCH, Lynn has worked with HCH for many years on a number of projects and events to raise money and awareness to end the institutionalisation and suffering of vulnerable children disadvantaged through poverty in Sri Lanka. Together, Their Future Today and Hampton Court House have raised over half a million pounds since their partnership began over a decade ago.

The glittering event was opened by Her Excellency Saroja Sirisena, High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the crowd was entertained by DJ Benny Blanco into the early hours. In attendance was Dragon’s Den’s Richard Farleigh, who generously donated an experience at his private members’ club Home House, Portman Square which promptly provoked a bidding war during the charity auction. Sir Richard Branson’s donation of a stay at his luxury Moroccan mountain mansion and a signed limited edition print from Dan Hillier also attracted some serious bids!

Heathside

Following the cancellation of the Young Voices concerts at the O2 Arena due to COVID-19, Heathside School Hampstead refused to let parents and children down, so organised their very own Heathside Young Voices concert in March. The concert, held at the beautiful Hampstead Parish Church, was a celebration of spring and the first large-scale gathering of parents and children for a very long time.

The concert featured songs by each year group, and the newly formed chamber choir, poetry from Years 5 and 6 and a performance from each school’s instrumental groups: strings, wind and brass, and guitar. It was a

wonderful way to mark new beginnings, the arrival of spring and to bring the whole Heathside community together once again.

Knightsbridge

Early in December, Knightsbridge School had the pleasure of the company of a number of guests from the Eleanor House care home and our Seniors entertained them all by serving them a delicious Christmas lunch prepared by Chef Alan and the incredible kitchen team. The Show Choir sang carols for them and Miss Fran and Miss Emma held a fun raffle and wonderful prizes were won by all.

“We were delighted to welcome residents from local care homes to school for a Christmas lunch and carols last week. The KS pupils served our guests lunch before joining them to find out more about their lives as diplomats, translators, television producers and many more interesting and diverse jobs. The KS pupils were interested, engaging and excellent ambassadors for the school.” Ms Shona, Head of KS.

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and the general feeling is one of excitement and anticipation about the opening and what this new school will be able to offer the pupils of Clapham and the surrounding area.

The Lyceum

London Park Schools

We were delighted to announce to the market our plans for a new senior school for Clapham opening in September 2023.

LPS Clapham will be located in two beautiful Victorian mansion buildings, minutes from Clapham South tube station and opposite the Common. The buildings are Grade II listed, and are being sensitively and sustainably renovated over the course of the year in preparation for our first cohort to start in September 2023.

LPS Clapham is the first of a number of schools under the LPS banner. Each school will be relatively small, with its own Head, its own staff and own identity, but they all share common values and ethos. The pupils and staff will join together for occasional activities and initiatives, so benefiting from the scale of a large school. LPS Clapham pupils will also have virtually guaranteed access to the new London Park Sixth Form, planned for Belgravia within two years.

Following our announcement, we have welcomed over 300 prospective parents to open days

A powerful partnership has grown between Lyceum School and St Vincent’s, a school for students with sensory impairment and other needs in Liverpool. After meeting at the Dukes Poetry Together event last year, Lyceum was invited to visit St Vincent’s. In the summer term, Lyceum pupils in Year 6 attended a week-long residential that aimed to give them some insight into life as a young person with sensory impairment. In Liverpool they learned to navigate life as a blind person, learned to play sports blindfolded and were taught braille by their new friends. The week then culminated in a wonderful joint music concert.

Rainbow Mbugani, a blind footballer who Lyceum students met at St Vincent’s, then visited the Year 6 students at school in London where he led an assembly to share the learnings from their visit to Liverpool. Mbugani plays for the England Blind Football team and shared with pupils his dream to take part in the next Paralympics. He coached the Lyceum football team for a session and very kindly donated his England shirt to the school.

Northcote Lodge and Broomwood Upper

Our boys from Northcote Lodge and girls from Broomwood Upper School enjoyed a fantastic Co-Ed Curricular Day, where ‘Energy in everyday life’ was the theme and there was plenty of energy on display – including in the playgrounds! Everyone loved visiting the different school sites and it was a wonderful opportunity to collaborate, reconnect and make new friends. Our boys and girls were able to attend workshops together, helping to develop active learning, communication and decision-making.

It was a great example of one of the many ways we try and maintain the best of both worlds within our school community, as we look forward to joining our three schools (Northcote Lodge; Broomwood Upper School; Broomwood Lower School) under the one name, ‘Broomwood’ in September 2023.

#BeYourBest #Broomwood

Orchard House

At Orchard House School, we relish the idea of sharing the achievements of our pupils and championing their success! Last year Chloe, (then Form 2) was chosen from thousands of applicants to be featured in The Royal Academy of Arts Young Artist’s Summer Show which was displayed in the Academy itself, featured online and in their catalogue.

The theme, My First Art Teacher, was a moment to celebrate young people’s creativity and to thank those who inspire and teach them. We are very grateful to Mr J L Alcaraz-Gomez, MSc(Hons)(Madrid) CertEd(Madrid), for his continuous enthusiasm and devotion to inspiring the pupils at Orchard House School!

Prospect House

After the 11+ process has come to an end, our Year 6 children take part in a bespoke transition programme to make the adjustment to secondary school easier on multiple levels. The aim is to provide a greater level of knowledge, independence and confidence for the students. In addition to a plethora of enjoyable school trips, the programme has four strands: The first strand focuses on Heads of Year 7 together

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with ex-pupils from Prospect House coming in to talk about moving up to secondary school. Secondly, there are workshops about financial responsibility covering money, debt, bills, stocks and shares. For the third strand we have wide-ranging discussions about how to have a healthy relationship with social media including the benefits and pitfalls of various platforms. Finally, we concentrate on independent travel around London: representatives from TfL come in to talk about modes of transport and navigation before the students go off in small groups to put this into practice! The programme was a huge success in 2022 and we are looking forward to continuing this in 2023 and beyond.

Radnor House

We’re extremely delighted to be one of the first independent schools to become a Peter Jones Enterprise Academy School. The partnership will form one of the building blocks for life skills at our new Kneller Hall School and help develop ‘Dynamic Entrepreneurs’ that will become drivers of growth and the lifeblood of the local, national and global economy. The mission is to unleash young people’s entrepreneurial talent by giving them the opportunity to ‘learn by doing’.

The Radnor House Enterprise Academy will act as a hub for outstanding enterprise provision, where students receive pioneering support to start real businesses and enhance skills in enterprise and entrepreneurship.

The ‘hands-on’ enterprise opportunities will provide our pupils the experience, skills and knowledge needed to build long, successful careers and is a fantastic addition to our extra curricular provision. Entrepreneurship has become a dynamic force in the world economies and will become even more critical given the rapid changes in the last few years.

Peter Jones CBE commented: “I’m absolutely delighted to announce this opportunity for Radnor House to host a Peter Jones Enterprise Academy. I believe all young people deserve a bright future and I started the Foundation with a clear goal: to improve young people’s lives. Good enterprise education is an essential element of this and should be part of all schools”.

Radnor House Prep

Plans are well underway for the opening of Twickenham’s newest prep school, Radnor House Prep School. Radnor Prep will take over Pope’s Villa when Radnor senior moves to its majestic new home, Kneller Hall, in September 2023. Head, Stephanie Piper, has been blown away by the reception in the local community. 262 families registered for the autumn term Open Days with a total of 130 applications so far for entry in the school’s first year of opening. Radnor Prep will provide pupils with an exceptional, forward-thinking prep education with the added benefit of the facilities of a much larger senior school. Few schools have

a more stunning location than Pope’s Villa, right on the banks of the River Thames, and Radnor Prep pupils will benefit from all the extra space and outstanding facilities, both inside and outside. These include newly refurbished facilities such as a fantastic new theatre, library, music suites, three specialist STEAM rooms, and break-out spaces for independent learning.

The Pointer School

At The Pointer School, our school council voted on how they wanted to celebrate the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Fittingly, they chose that every child in the school should make their own corgi to create a parade of corgis outside the school to celebrate the Queen and her passionate love of animals.

Each child worked hard on their creation, the result was an eye-catching display, it was a pleasure to watch the children excitedly picking out the corgi with their own message on to show their parents outside both our lower and upper schools.

United Lisbon International School

Sancton Wood

Last term, Sancton Wood welcomed guest speakers from across a wide and varied range of professions to attend their first ever Careers Convention at the Senior School. Drawing on the school’s network they were able to offer talks on 19 different career options from Artificial Intelligence to Medicine, Finance to Filmmaking. InvestIN and Magoo Giles from Knightsbridge School also gave keynote speeches.

Not only did the experts give context to how students’ learning is applied practically in industry, but they were a huge source of inspiration for them when considering their own career paths. The students were highly engaged and asked brilliant questions.

It was an incredible day and another step towards ensuring that their students are fully equipped and ready to take on the next steps in their bright futures.

The school began by participating in the Hour of Code, the world’s biggest coding event, and then continued working on programming skills during some weeks after the event. This was followed by the European Cyber-security Month, where we explored topics of cyber-security, digital citizenship and “netiquete” through a variety of activities. Tinkercad came next, an online 3D design platform, where we learnt how to create and manipulate 3D objects, as well as export them and prepare them for 3D printing. The students love learning about cutting edge technology.

Sixth Form

Eaton Square Sixth Form

In October, seven pupils from the newly opened Eaton Square Sixth Form, visited DLD College to take part in a business enterprise competition.

In mixed teams the students were set a variety of business-related challenges and had to come up with a fresh idea and a business plan. This year the focus was on festivals: every year over 40,000 tents get left at festivals, most of which go straight in landfill, which is clearly a huge waste.

The task was to design an all-weather poncho using material from waste tents, that could be sold to festival goers throughout the UK. In teams, students had to produce a mock-up of their poncho and put together a business plan which included production costs, projected sales and branding.

The winning team included three Eaton Square students who designed a handbag that could be converted into a poncho. It was a fantastic, fun afternoon for all who attended and gave our students some fantastic realworld business and marketing experience.

Cardiff Sixth Form College Cambridge

Cardiff Sixth Form College Cambridge opened in September with the goal of delivering the same

high standard of education provided to students in the Cardiff ‘mothership’ while taking advantage of the educational opportunities available to students in Cambridge. This term saw the launch of ‘The Cambridge Edge’ – a programme of activities that take students out of the classroom and into the university, industry and the local community. Projects so far have included: mentoring by former Cardiff students who are now Cambridge University undergraduates; conducting projects and giving talks in the Whipple Museum of the History of Science; attending university lectures and one-to-one conversation with the lecturers; discussing the COVID-19 vaccine with scientists from AstraZeneca; observing the moons of Jupiter through the telescope at the university’ observatory; becoming full members of the university’s library and planning the construction of a nuclear fusion ‘fusor’ with scientists from the university fusion department.

Rochester Independent College

A 17th-century bottle, discovered at Rochester Independent College during an excavation 17 years ago, has been identified as a rare anti-

witchcraft device. Experts say the ‘witch bottle’ was used by someone who believed they had been cursed. The Museum of London Archaeology who verified the find, said the stoneware vessel would be filled with a person’s hair or urine. It would also contain objects thought to protect an individual from magic, such as pins, thorns or nails, and it would be placed somewhere in the person’s house. Inspired by the historical find, Rochester Year 7 students made their own ‘witches bottles’ from clay.

St Andrew’s

St Andrew’s has launched an Environmental and Sustainability Society to promote environmental awareness amongst pupils, conduct sustainability projects and to examine individuals’ carbon footprint. Initiatives have included promoting sustainable living, calculating each student’s carbon footprint, a Go Green calendar, designing biodegradable confetti and sustainable Christmas decorations. The students have also entered The Earth Prize and won participation certificates in Unifrog’s Save the Planet Week.

Earlscliffe

Earlscliffe’ s inaugural Supper Club invited industry leaders and alumni Dr Toyin Okitikpi, Head of Social work at LSBU, Kathryn Haylett, Wildlife Safari Photographer, Matthew Cove, Senior Software Engineer, uMed and Irina Soiou , Earlscliffe alumna and Year 3 Medical student at UCL to informally network with students. The Head Boy spoke on the Power of Discipline and all enjoyed a delicious supper.

Hampstead Fine Arts

Hampstead Fine Arts has spent a year creating a stunning video entitled A Year in the life of a Student. George Selley, an ex-student, ex-tutor and professional filmmaker, came once a month into the college, interviewed students and then edited together to show five students’ progress and life at the college. youtube.com/watch?v=if7Wb7NZIok

Student showcase

Our senior schools provide outstanding fine arts programmes. Students are given opportunities to express their ideas and creativity in a wide range of media.

Rochester Independent College recently won the coveted award of ‘Top Independent School for Excellence and Innovation in Fine Arts’. Here is a snapshot of the amazing work that students from across Dukes are creating.

Jasmine Tadeau, Rochester

Student hard at work at Fine Arts College

Scarlett Xiyue Wang, St. Andrew’s

Ella Au, Cardiff Sixth Form College

Nika Milinska, Earlscliffe

Coco Lam, Cardiff Sixth Form College

Rebeka Simurdova, Earlscliffe

Ginevra Callera, St. Andrew’s

Freddie Bond, Rochester

Irina Lambrino, Earlscliffe

Dukes Alumni

Where are they now?

Josh Wilcox

Josh Wilcox, formerly a pupil at Knightsbridge School is currently studying at Harvard University and has represented England in fencing.

Quinn Liang

Quinn achieved 3 A* and 2 A grades while studying at Cardiff Sixth Form College between 2016 and 2018. During her time at Cardiff Sixth Form College, Quinn founded the Law Society, Amnesty Society and, also starred in a leading role for the college’s rendition of Hairspray the musical. Since leaving Cardiff Sixth Form College Quinn has attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law from the University of Cambridge and is continuing to follow her career in Law and her path towards becoming a trainee solicitor.

Dixie Egerickx

Dixie was a pupil at Knightsbridge and is known for her role playing Mary in Secret Garden (2020) with Colin Firth and Julie Walters. Dixie also appears in The Essex Serpent and Patrick Melrose.

Santiago Cerchione

Former KS pupil Santiago is a keen guitarist and athlete. He is currently performing in the School of Rock musical as guitar-playing Zack Mooneyham.

Chloe Lau

Chloe was a very active student at Cardiff Sixth Form College between 2017 and 2019, where she gained an A*, 3 A’s and B in her A Levels as well as being Ethnic Minority Welsh Woman Achievement Association - Young Achiever finalist, and President of the Volunteering Club. Chloe has recently graduated from Imperial College London with a Bachelor of Engineering in Computing and is now Software Development Engineer for Amazon. Whilst studying at university, Chloe has enjoyed a wealth of work experience at Google, Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, JP Morgan Chase, and the London Stock Exchange Group.

Roman Demidenko

Roman studied with at Cardiff Sixth Form College from 2014 to 2016 achieving an A* and 3 A grades at A Level, while leading the students as a Deputy Head Boy. After leaving Cardiff Sixth Form College, Roman went on to gain a Master of Engineering from the University of Bath which included a year-long placement at Jaguar Land Rover. Roman continues to have a career in engineering and currently holds a role as a Mechanical Design Engineer.

Anoushka Freeman

Former pupil at Knightsbridge, Anoushka is now the Chief Operating Officer at Superkind, a platform that helps schools to bring social action and philanthropy into the classroom.

Alumni giving back

Around two years ago, during the various COVID-19 lockdowns and school closures, the team at Cardiff Sixth Form College set upon a new, invigorating project: to devise and deliver ways for future generations of students at Cardiff Sixth Form College to have access to our inspirational bank of alumni, through the power of face-to-face mentorship.

Last month Cardiff Sixth Form College set up their inaugural mentorship programme between their

A CSFC wedding

On 18th June, we had our first alumni wedding, Daian and Malika got married in Malika’s home country of Uzbekistan. Daian and Malika met when they started with us at Cardiff Sixth Form College in 2018 and have been in love ever since. Since leaving Cardiff Sixth From College in 2020 they have faced life together, including the challenges of university and COVID-19, but their relationship has gone from strength to strength. We are very proud to have been a part of this true love story. Andrei, another of our alumni, was honoured to be a part of this special day and stand beside Daian as his best man. It was important to Daian and Malika to have as many of their fellow Cardiff Sixth Form College alumni as possible present at their wedding so they also had a ceremony in London earlier this summer.

Year 12 students in their new CSFC Cambridge campus and long-standing CSFC Cardiff alumni. It was kicked off with a special evening where the mentors were introduced to their mentees sharing stories, advice and could hear about the amazing successes of the CSFC alumni.

As this special programme grows from strength to strength over the coming terms, we cannot wait to welcome CSFC alumni, both new and old, to join us!

A special event

As some of our alumni missed out on their Graduation Ball due to the pandemic, Cardiff Sixth Form College held a special event for all 2020 and 2021 leavers. This exclusive event took place at the wonderful Eaton Square Senior School in the centre of London. The special evening consisted of drinks and canapés, dancing and games, as well as the opportunity to catch up with some of our valued members of staff and have their photos take in the CFSC photobooth.

Connecting with our community

A vital part of building our alumni community is communication. Our alumni platform allows us to continue to foster relationships with members of the Cardiff Sixth Form College family even after they have left us, providing a forum to share news and connect with peers.

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Meet the family

Founded in 2015, Dukes brings together a carefully curated group of schools that represent excellence in British education.

Our central team is based near Piccadilly. From here, we serve our schools, providing administrative support and training, whilst promoting high performance, leadership, and well-being.

Hove Village Nurseries AGES 0-5

Nursery School

Preparatory School

Senior School

Sixth Form College

Ultimate Activity Camps

Summer Boarding Camps

InvestIN Education

Summer Schools & Day Camps

Dukes brings together the UK’s leading providers of day camps and residential summer courses.

University Application Expertise

Our collection of university application consultancies represent the best worldwide.

Career Preparation

Offering internships, personalised career guidance and 1:1 networking opportunities from industry-leading professionals.

Tutoring & Exam Preparation

Offering high-quality, bespoke support for children aged 7-18.

Nursery School

Preparatory School

Senior School

Sixth Form College

Riverside Nursery Schools ST MARGARETS MONTESSORI • AGES 0-5

Kneller Hall School*

AGES 11-18

Riverside Nursery Schools TWICKENHAM GREEN MONTESSORI AGES 0-5

Broomfield House School

AGES 3-11

Riverside Nursery Schools

KEW MONTESSORI • AGES 0-5

Riverside Nursery Schools TWICKENHAM PARK • AGES 0-5

Radnor House School • AGES 9 - 18

Riverside Nursery Schools TWICKENHAM GROSVENOR PARK • AGES 0-5

Radnor House Prep School

AGES 3-11

Hampton Court House School

AGES 2-18

We are proud of our ever-growing community of nurseries, schools, colleges, summer schools and educational consultancy services.

Founder’s Annual Review 2023

Heathside School

Hampstead AGES 2-13

Devonshire House School

AGES 2-13

Bassett House School

AGES 2-11

Orchard House School

AGES 3-11

Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory School • AGES 3-11

Miss Daisy’s Nursery HYDE PARK • AGES 2-5

Kindergartens POOH CORNER • AGES 2-5

Miss Daisy’s Nursery BROOK GREEN • AGES 2-5

Kindergartens

Miss Daisy’s Nursery CHELSEA • AGES 2-5

Hampstead Fine Arts College

AGES 13-18

Hopes and Dreams

Montessori Nursery School

OLD STREET • AGES 0-5

Hopes and Dreams

Montessori Nursery School

CITY ROAD • AGES 0-5

The Lyceum School AGES 4-11

Eaton Square Senior School, Mayfair* AGES 11-18

Knightsbridge School

AGES 3-16

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Eaton House Belgravia School • AGES 3-11

Eaton Square Preparatory School • AGES 2-11

Miss Daisy’s Nursery BELGRAVIA • AGES 2-5

MOUSE HOUSE • AGES 2-5

Miss Daisy’s Nursery KNIGHTSBRIDGE • AGES 2-5

Kindergartens

BUMBLE BEE • AGES 2-5

Kindergartens

MOUSE HOLE • AGES 2-5

Kindergartens

MOUSE HOUSE • AGES 2-5

Prospect House School

AGES 3-11

Northcote Lodge School • AGES 8-13

Kindergartens

CRESCENT II • AGES 2-5

Eaton Square Sixth Form* AGES 15-18

Kindergartens

THE PARK • AGES 2-5

Eaton House

THE MANOR GIRLS SCHOOL • AGES 4-11

THE MANOR BOYS SCHOOL • AGES 4-13

Broomwood Hall Lower School • AGES 8-13

London Park School, Clapham* • AGES 11-18

Broomwood Hall Upper School • AGES 8-13

Kindergartens

THE PARK • AGES 2-5

Northwood Senior School • AGES 11-16

The Pointer School AGES 3-11

A quick family history

2013 2015 2016

Oxbridge Applications is the first organisation to become a ‘Dukes’ organisation

Summer Boarding Courses and Fine Arts College join, US university application support is added to our consultancy offering

NOVEMBER 2019

Radnor House School

Twickenham joins

CHRISTMAS 2019

The family, 1,000 people strong, sits down to Christmas dinner together

OCTOBER 2019

MARCH 2015

Dukes Education formally launched

Rochester Independent College joins

Building the Crown, our Culture Book, is published

SEPTEMBER 2019

SEPTEMBER 2019

The inaugural Dukes Schools Conference

2020

JANUARY 2020

Hopes & Dreams Montessori Nursery School joins Dukes turns 5!

Bassett House, Orchard House, and Prospect House join

JUNE 2022

The Pointers school in Blackheath joins the family

SEPTEMBER 2022

CSFC opens new campus in Cambridge, and Eaton Square opens new Sixth form college

MAY 2022

Dukes Club launches

Sancton Wood moves into new Bateman Street building. Eaton Square Prep moves into new building

2021

MARCH 2020

First Senior Leaders Conference

JANUARY 2021

The Career Portal joins Dukes

APRIL 2022

InvestIn Education & JK Educate join the Dukes family

NOVEMBER 2022

First international school joins Dukes, as United Lisbon International School becomes part of the family

2017

Cardiff Sixth Form College and Earlscliffe join

The Dukes Publications series is launched: three market-leading titles on university admissions

2018

Knightsbridge School, Miss Daisy’s Nursery, Eaton Square, The Lyceum, Sancton Wood, and Twickenham Park Day Nursery join

2019

AUGUST 2019

Broomfield House School, Kew Montessori School and St Margarets Montessori School join

JULY 2019

Heathside School, Reflections Nursery, and Bright Beginnings join

JUNE 2019

A-List UK joins

MAY 2019 Active Education Group joins

APRIL 2019 Lyceum moves into new building

FEBRUARY 2021

Chiswick & Bedford Park and St Andrew’s College join Dukes

MARCH 2021

Hampton Court House joins

JUNE 2021

Eaton House Schools join

2022

MARCH 2022

Inaugural Dukes sustainable careers week 2023

JANUARY 2023

The family, 2,500 strong gathers at Wembley Stadium for the Dukes Education conference

MARCH 2022

Devonshire House School joins the family

SEPTEMBER 2021

Broomwood Hall Lower, Broomwood Hall Upper, Northcote Lodge, Northwood Senior and The Kindergartens group join

SEPTEMBER 2021

Dukes completes purchase of Kneller Hall and announces that it will be the new home of an expanded Radnor House School

NOVEMBER 2021

Duchess of Cornwall attends Dukes Poetry Together event at Royal Geographical Society

Welcome

Devonshire House School

Hampstead, London

Devonshire House School is a leading school in Hampstead, offering nursery, pre-prep and preparatory education up to Year 8. It offers a broad, creative curriculum and excellent academic results. The school’s holistic approach means that students are offered a wide range of extra-curricular clubs and specialist subjects.

The Pointer School

Blackheath, London

The Pointer School is a thriving coeducational school for pupils aged 3-11. Founded in 1950, it has been educating children in Blackheath for over 70 years. Its community of pupils, parents and teachers includes over 50 nationalities. Last year it was a finalist for ‘Independent Prep School of the Year’ in the Tes School Awards.

United Lisbon International School

Lisbon, Portugal

We are excited to welcome United Lisbon as the first international school in our Dukes family. Ten minutes’ drive from central Lisbon, United Lisbon International School is an IB accredited school for students from age 3 to graduation. It combines state-of-the-art learning facilities and technology, with a student-centred pedagogy.

6 new family members in 2022

New members joined the ranks across all parts of the group including Little Dukes, prep schools, senior schools, colleges and Dukes Plus. We now have 43 brands spread across 61 settings and 55 summer locations.

Hove Village Nurseries

Hove, Sussex

Hove Village Nurseries is a group of three Brighton and Hove day nurseries, where creativity is at the heart of everything. The nurseries focus on well-being through creativity, outdoor pursuits and learning through imaginative play. Children flourish with regular music, yoga and sport sessions. The nurseries all offer bespoke outdoor spaces for play and exploration.

InvestIN Education

Holborn, London

InvestIN Education offers life-changing, immersive career programmes for ages 12-18. More than 45,000 students from over 100 countries have attended courses. They take place both in-person at UCL London and live online for pupils across the world. Classes provide students with industry experiences and insider advice. 89% of students rate their experience a perfect five out of five.

JK Educate

Hampstead, London

JK Educate is a one-to-one tutoring service for ages 5-18. It helps students reach their potential at school and in exams. Sessions are offered faceto-face in London, as well as online. Students are carefully matched with tutors, and supported in their individual learning requirements.

The Dukes family continued to grow in 2022.

New & Opening

Opened during 2022

3 new schools in 2022

Cardiff Sixth Form College Cambridge Campus

In September, the award-winning Cardiff Sixth Form College opened its doors to pupils at its new Cambridge campus. The best academic school in the UK now has a footprint in one of the best academic cities in the world. Julian Davies is the new head teacher and the campus is on Regent Street in the heart of Cambridge city.

Eaton Square Sixth Form College

Due to growing demand, Eaton Square Senior School has expanded to offer A-level courses for the first time. A new dedicated sixth form centre has opened in Belgravia and Nick Lee has been appointed as the head of sixth form.

Hopes & Dreams Nursery

Old Street

Little Dukes opened a beautiful new nursery on Old Street. Built on our already successful Angel location, Hopes and Dreams has established a Montessori-led curriculum within a beautiful, contemporary setting that facilitates care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years. The setting has a capacity of 90 places.

Capex investment supports growth

During 2022 Dukes opened three new settings and created over 300 new places for pupils. Work has also been progressing on three major new school projects - scheduled to open in 2023.

Announced to open in 2023

3 opening in 2023

Radnor Prep School

Twickenham

As Radnor House School moves into its new home at Kneller Hall, the current buildings at Cross Deep will be transformed into a thriving prep school. Radnor Prep will be led by Stephanie Piper and offers places from Nursery up to Year six.

London Park School

Clapham

A bold new senior school set on the edge of Clapham Common, LPS will be a modern school with an innovative curriculum. Led by Principal Suzie Longstaff, the school focuses on sustainability and entrepreneurship as well as offering a broad GCSE and A-Level offering.

Kneller Hall School

Twickenham

A flagship new senior school opening in Twickenham. The historic building will be lovingly restored and combined with state-of-the-art new teaching buildings and an innovative curriculum. Set on an incredible site with extensive grounds, Kneller will become one of London’s leading secondary schools.

is the Dukes Plus vision.

Dukes Plus is a family of specialised consultancy services and educational experience providers. We support students (aged 4-18), beyond the school classroom, with exceptional and impactful programmes and learning tools.

Dukes Plus Brands

Our brands provide the highest standards of university preparation, once-in-a-lifetime industry experiences, tuition, summer schools and day camps.

DUKES PLUS HOUSES EIGHT DIFFERENT EXPERT ORGANISATIONS, DIVIDED UP INTO TWO CATEGORIES:

Imagine a world where we could make all students futureready for any educational or professional challenge. This

SHORT PROGRAMMES

InvestIN delivers immersive career experience programmes for students aged 12-18 in some of the world’s most competitive and desirable industries. InvestIN programmes are designed to equip students with hands-on experience alongside top industry professionals, enabling them to make the right career decisions and maximise their potential.

50,000+ students from 100+ countries have attended an InvestIN experience

1,200+ Partner Schools across the UK and internationally

Rated Excellent on Trustpilot (4.8/5) with almost 1,500 reviews

95% of our summer 2022 students said they would recommend an InvestIN programme to a friend

Summer Boarding Courses (SBC) is the UK’s number one ranked summer school, delivering high-quality English language and academic experiences at some of the UK’s premier academic institutions including Eton College and Oxford University. Over 12,000 students from 152 different countries have joined SBC since 2008.

30 Ukrainian students given full scholarships to join programmes this summer and prepare for living and studying in the UK

12,000+ students welcomed

152 nationalities represented

15/15 Areas of Strength in a British Council Inspection

#1 Summer School provider (2018 – 2023 Ranked by EL Gazette)

Ultimate Activity Camps provide inspiring activity holiday programmes at outstanding independent schools to children aged 4-14 during the school holidays. Their mission is to give children the best fun ever during the school holidays and provide parents with a trusted and guilt-free solution to their holiday childcare needs.

Operating in 39 prestigious locations

14,952 children on camp

85,659 days booked

635 temporary staff employed

Over 96,000 arrows fired!

CONSULTANCY

Part of the Dukes Education family from its inception, Oxbridge Applications is the global leader in Oxbridge and UK university admissions consulting. Candidates using Oxbridge Applications have a 37% success rate of getting an Oxbridge offer. Oxbridge Applications is composed of a full-time team of Oxbridge-graduate consultants based in the Head Office at Pall Mall, and a wider network of subject-specialists and former Oxbridge admissions tutors.

Over the past 24 years they have supported in excess of 100,000 students from over 120 countries

Trusted in-house support to many of the UK’s highest-achieving schools, including Marlborough College, Haberdashers’ Boys’ School and Wellington College

Each year they welcome 200 students on to their Premier Service

Their book ‘So you want to go to Oxbridge’ is on its 7th edition and sits in the libraries of over 1,000 schools across the UK

Founded in 2010, JK Educate’s expert tutoring helps children to achieve their best in their current schools, in school admissions exams such as the 11+, and in public exams including GCSEs, A Levels and the IB, with excellent success rates. JK Educate offers academic assessments to establish a child’s performance and potential, as well as tutoring for all ages from early years to undergraduate level and specialist SEN support, across the UK and globally.

Delivered over 16,000 hours of tuition in 2022

11+ Success rate of 97.4% for the 21/22 cohort

A-List’s goal is to deliver outstanding admissions results and use the US university application process as a catalyst for a student’s personal growth. We advise private clients, students on our school programmes, and students through non-profit organisations by providing tailored solutions that improve university readiness.

In 2022, our UK students received 50 Ivy League acceptances

Our students were awarded scholarships worth more than $650,000

Among our 300 private clients, students were accepted to 90% of the universities on their school list

Our SAT test-takers improved by 250 points on average

We also celebrated key successes achieved by our school partners, such as Westminster School and Wellington College. For example, students we worked with made up half of the acceptances to MIT and a third to Stanford, from the UK

The Medic Portal is the UK’s leading resource for Medicine applicants, in official partnership with the Royal Society of Medicine. Its application support has been trusted by 40,000+ students, and over 500 schools around the world.

The Lawyer Portal helps aspiring lawyers achieve their ambitions. It is an award-winning platform, partnered with the UK’s three flagship professional bodies: the Law Society of England & Wales, the Bar Council and CILEX.

2.5m+ annual website users

40,000+ students taught

500+ school partners

Dukes Plus Careers School –Launching September 2023

We are delighted to offer all Dukes students an exclusive opportunity to become career-ready before they leave school.

Dukes Plus will provide all Dukes students in Years 10 & 12 with a bespoke careers curriculum and provide an assessment and certificate of career-readiness for all participants.

Little Dukes Central Team

The Little Dukes central team is now in place, and working collaboratively to ensure all areas of Operations, Finance, Marketing, Admissions and HR/Recruitment are supported within each of our nursery brands. Regular reporting across all areas now allows us to manage FTE pipeline in line with costs and staffing, ensuring our settings can respond strategically to growth opportunities.

This year will see our first Little Dukes branded nurseries open, responding to high demand for quality early education and childcare with an industry-leading proposition for parents. A brand refresh will coincide with Little Dukes having a physical presence in key locations, as well as a bespoke early years curriculum which will be first of its kind within Dukes Education.

This exciting curriculum which is being formed by senior team members from

within the Dukes Education family, focuses on: well-being, facilitating excellent opportunities for learning, parent partnerships, and utilising technology that supports each child’s developmental needs, alongside the EYFS - and will truly elevate our early years proposition.

There are currently 1,494 children in attendance across all Little Dukes nurseries as of January 2023, with an average booking pattern of 0.6FTE.

Ongoing investment into recruitment with the launch of a new ‘Careers at Little Dukes’ brand, and into our employee proposition and benefits offer, will further ensure our settings become employers of choice within their local communities and unlock additional capacity.

Miss Daisy’s Nursery Schools

Miss Daisy’s Hyde Park achieved a hugely well-deserved ‘Outstanding’ rating from Ofsted following their inspection in November 2022. A planned upgrade to the classrooms at Hyde Park in Q1/ Q2 will further enhance their exceptional teaching and learning.

Miss Daisy’s Belgravia continues to attract new families and is already seeing a healthy pipeline for 2024/2025 registrations. The recent relocation and refurbishment has attracted multiple stories in the local and industry press, receiving very positive feedback.

Miss Daisy’s Brook Green will shortly be moving to a new location, as it joins The Brook Green Kindergarten – creating an attractive proposition for local families. A programme of investment and improvements to resources will follow this acquisition over the summer term.

Miss Daisy’s Chelsea continues to operate a waiting list and is currently full through 2023.

Miss Daisy’s Knightsbridge is working on improvements to resources and environments with open days planned throughout the year to showcase the changes.

Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nurseries

Hopes and Dreams Angel continues to impress local families with its excellent facilities, outdoor space and strong ethos in Montessori teaching and learning. A pipeline of events, such as open days, parent Q&As and coffee mornings is improving awareness of the setting and links with The Lyceum School are providing a strong footfall of families with younger siblings.

Hopes and Dreams Old Street is attracting a strong following of parents who are looking for convenience and proximity to excellent transport links. The setting is now in its eighth month and is occupied ahead of budget with a strong future pipeline, FTE increasing significantly in Q2 2023.

Hove Village Nurseries

Our newest member of the Little Dukes family, Hove Village nurseries continue to be top rated settings along the South coast. Regular events and coffee mornings have helped to build a strong community, with current and future occupancy strong throughout the year.

A new setting, due to open in summer 2023, expands the Hove Village group to four settings and will provide much-needed extra capacity in Kemptown. Our new beach-front nursery will provide a contemporary new space for preschool children and older toddlers to enjoy an education that focuses on outdoor learning and a first of its kind ‘Beach School’ curriculum.

Reflections Nursery

A robust programme of improvements at Reflections nursery, supported by Jo Allen from The Kindergartens, is ensuring the setting is supported in all aspects of operations. Staff training is ongoing and a review of EYFS delivery is already providing significantly improved outcomes.

The team is currently revising the nursery proposition for parents in Worthing, and responding to the high demand for baby spaces in the local area.

The Kindergartens Nursery Schools

The Park SW2 and Pooh Corner W8 Kindergartens both achieved ‘Outstanding’ ratings in their Ofsted inspections in October and November 2022, continuing The Kindergartens record of all settings being awarded this highest recognition.

Pooh Corner SW7 Kindergarten received a beautiful new look this year, with all new resources and redecoration throughout, which has been received extremely well by existing and new families looking to join the setting.

The Kindergartens are planning to introduce some new propositions for parents in the coming months, responding to demand and feedback from families. A pipeline of further improvements at each setting is currently being worked on, as well as extended opening hours in selected nursery schools and greater flexibility of care to support working parents. We are also looking to increase the value here for parents with children’s food, inclusive extracurricular activities, and

wraparound care being scoped to help elevate our offering.

This year will see us launch parent and baby clubs within selected nursery school catchments, extending the knowledge, advice and guidance that our registered families rely on, to the wider community. This initiative looks to ensure the nurseries remain active in their local neighbourhoods and benefit from friend and family recommendations.

Riverside Nursery Schools

Another hugely successful year for Riverside Nursery Schools has seen demand continue to increase for our year-round settings in particular. Ongoing investment into resources and environments is providing enhanced opportunities for learning and high satisfaction ratings from parents.

The teams have also had some fantastic results following Ofsted inspection in 2022, with Holly Road Twickenham Green achieving ‘Good’, and St Margarets Montessori being rated ‘Outstanding’.

We are excited to shortly be launching a suite of online resources to support families and extend the amazing teaching and learning from our nurseries, to home.

IT WAS A JOY TO CELEBRATE THE ANNUAL DUKES AWARDS IN-PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019.

This year there were over 200 nominations per category and the standard of finalists was exceptional. Hosted by comedian Dara O’Briain at Wembley Stadium, the ceremony celebrated the creativity, skill and tenacity on display across Dukes Education. Congratulations to all our winners and finalists.

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INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES

EATON SQUARE PREP

PASTORAL CARE AWARD

JO PACHE

Broomfield House

CHARITABLE/COMMUNITY AWARD

ORCHARD HOUSE

SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

ROCHESTER

INDEPENDENT COLLEGE 4

1,300 staff attended

Since launching in summer

2022, the Dukes Club has gone from strength to strength.

Now boasting over 2,700 members from all corners of the Dukes family the Club is a space for families and employees to learn, network, take advantage of exciting opportunities and amazing rewards, and make new friends.

2,700+ Dukes Club Members

4,500+ resource views

20+ businesses offering membership benefits

1,170 minutes of webinar content

232,000 words of expert advice

35 in-person activities, courses, workshops and events

Among many activities, it hosted its first inaugural inperson event at Eaton Square Senior, helping parents navigate the minefield of senior school admissions; has launched the Little Purple Book, an exclusive directory showcasing businesses owned by or affiliated with Dukes parents; and offered personal tours of London art galleries – a firm favourite with parents and staff.

Have you joined the Club?

The Club is now holding regular weekly webinars covering topics from cradle to career, and everything in between, while the online resource library is bursting at the seams with expert advice – more than 232,800 words to be exact.

The year ahead is just as exciting with a trip to Everest base camp, a fun-filled charity golf day for the whole family and so much more.

You are warmly invited to join the Dukes Club and enjoy its exciting benefits. Visit our website to join our extraordinary community, or for more information.

thedukesclub.com/ welcome-to-dukes

The shortlisted finalists travelled to Sancton Wood School in Cambridge for a special Finals Day where they performed their poems aloud in front of an illustrious judging panel made up of Gyles Brandreth, Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho and award-winning poet and author Lucy Cuthew.

A number of local Cambridge schools and proud grandparents attended the event, too, and everyone who came enjoyed poetry workshops with both Lucy Cuthew and Joseph Coelho.

Three lucky winners from that day were chosen to perform their poems on live TV on Remembrance Day 11 November, on ITV’s This Morning alongside Gyles Brandreth.

The first ever Poetry Together Poetry Writing competition was a huge hit this year. This new addition to the Poetry Together initiative saw more than 500 school pupils and senior citizens submit their own short poem on the theme of Laughter & Tears.

Here are some photos from this year’s competition!

Russian-speaking markets

The Dukes Colleges have delivered some excellent results this year and helped their students go onto top universities.

Compliance & inspections

9 nurseries

have had inspections from Ofsted with the overwhelming majority being judged Outstanding or Good.

15 schools

have been inspected by ISI and all judged to be 100% compliant to The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014.

60 visits

to raise awareness of the latest changes in regulations, live inspection support, policy reviews, site safety tours, review of maintenance systems, and analysis of attendance, admissions, behaviour, bullying and first aid data have been undertaken.

100% COMPLIANT TO THE EDUCATION REGULATIONS 2014

A significant number of schools have signed up to our SCR tracker dashboard improving the efficiency of remote auditing by central team colleagues.

New action planning proformas and guidance documents provided on the Dukes Hub to support colleagues further with raising awareness of what compliance is all about as well as new Executive summary reports from visits undertaken have provided timely updates to governors.

The further development of Dukes annual safeguarding audit processes with meetings at Waterloo Place has been received positively by senior leaders and provides a deeper insight and challenge for our school governors.

The rollout of our new automated dashboard compliance tracking system from a successful pilot stage will enhance the processes even further, to allow real-time access to information. (Compliance POD.)

Successful introduction of the in-house student immigration team. We appointed an external expert to assist in the establishment of the team and systems at the beginning of the calendar year and Lee Tattum was appointed as manager of this team from September.

The initial inspection of Cardiff Sixth Form Cambridge conducted by Ofsted and was successful and allowed us to open the college in August.

Termly safeguarding, SCR, Health & Safety and other compliance audits are conducted in colleges to help ensure standards.

A number of UKVI Licence audits have been conducted, which are now supported by Lee Tattum and the team.

The colleges’ annual safeguarding governor meetings are well established and have been in place for a number of years now. Each college has an annual safeguarding file audit and it is appraised by the safeguarding director and the college Principal.

Dukes Hub Compliance POD

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Movers & joiners

We’re excited to have great new people joining the family as we continue to grow.

A number of leadership roles have been filled by internal promotions and movements which reflects the depth and breadth of talent that we have across the organisation. Welcome to all those who joined us in 2022.

Little Dukes leadership team

New heads and principals

Rik McShane Director, Little Dukes

Tracey Whittington Finance Director, Little Dukes

Ben Murray Marketing & Admissions Director, Little Dukes

Julian Davies Head, Cardiff Sixth Form College (Cambridge campus)

Suzie Longstaff Principal, London Park Schools

Paul Vanni Head, London Park School, Clapham

Mike Stanley Head, The Lyceum School

Henry Keighley-Elstub Head, Devonshire House

Nazish Usman Hopes & Dreams Montessori Nurseries

Internal movements & promotions

Compliance and UKVI team Estates team

Sales & Marketing

Kate Vintiner Moved to be Principal at Hampton Court House

Dr Adrian Rainbow Moved to be headteacher at Eaton Square Senior

Nadia Ward Appointed to be headteacher at Heathside School

Susan Brooks Appointed to be deputy head at London Park School Clapham

Adam Anstey Appointed to be headteacher at Broomfield House School

Stephanie Piper Appointed to be headteacher at Radnor Prep School

Susie Byers Appointed to lead Hampton Court Prep School

Caron MacKay Appointed as headteacher, Broomwood Hall Lower School

Sarah Segrave Appointed as Principal, Eaton House School

Alison Bissell Became Director at A-List Education

Ricky Tavares Appointed to be Director, Dukes Plus

George Rendell Appointed to be Director, The Career Portal

Natalia Volchugova Promoted to be Associate Director, International Student Recruitment

Geoff Marston Group Compliance Director

Paul Ludlow Compliance Director, Colleges

Lee Tattum UKVI Manager

Damian Quinn Director of Estates Lisa Maynard Director of School Estates

Zack Abdulhamid Regional Sales Manager MENA & Turkey

Curtis Fountain Regional Sales Manager, China and SE Asia

Anthony Wheeler Dukes Club Marketing Manager

Sumia Sukkar Senior Digital Marketing Manager

Our people

Aimee Kimbell Principal, Riverside Nursery Schools

Eliza Cummings-Cove Marketing & Admissions Director

Henrietta Lightwood Global Director of Marketing & Student Recruitment

Matthew McLarty International Recruitment Manager

Natalia Volchugova Associate Director, International Student Recruitment

Michael Hodge Head, Prospect House School

Kelly Gray Head, Bassett House School

Kit Thompson Head, Orchard House School

Rik McShane Director, Little Dukes

Sumia Sukkar Senior Digital Marketing Manager

Ben Murray Marketing & Admissions Director, Little Dukes

Jo Allen Principal, The Kindergartens & Reflections Nursery

Zanna Clarke Principal, Miss Daisy’s Nursery

Ciara Doyle Nursery Area Manager, Hove Village Nurseries

Nazish (Naz) Usman Principal, Hopes & Dreams Nursery

Anthony Wheeler Dukes Club Marketing Manager

Kevin Doble Principal, Broomwood Schools

Magoo Giles Principal, Knightsbridge School

Shona Colaco Head, Knightsbridge School

Paul Vanni Head, London Park School, Clapham

Huw May Head, Eaton House Belgravia

Louisa McCafferty Head, Broomwood Girls

Caron MacKay Head, Broomwood Pre-Prep

Patricia Watt Head, Eaton Square Prep

Richard Settle Principal, Sancton Wood School

Charlotte Crookes Head, The Pointer School

Dr Adrian Rainbow Head, Eaton Square Senior School

Chris Hennessy Head of Digital

Emilie McCarthy Marketing Manager

Annika Yerushalmy Marketing & Admissions Director

Cath Cornet Platform Administrator, Dukes Club

Kathleen Kay Platform Manager, Dukes Club

Sam Holderness Business Integration Director, Dukes Plus & Dukes Club

Gianluca Polidori Group Sales Director, Dukes Plus

Lisa Maynard Director of Estates Dukes Schools

Damian Quinn Director of Estates

Sarah Segrave Principal, Eaton House Schools

Katherine Vintiner Principal, Hampton Court House School

Stephanie Piper Head, Radnor House Prep School

Henrietta Adams Head, Chiswick & Bedford Park Prep School

Henry Keighley-Elstub Head, Devonshire House School

Sebastian Hepher Principal, Eaton Square Schools

Nadia Ward Head, Heathside School

Darryl Wideman Principal, Radnor House School

Adam Anstey Head, Broomfield House School.

Prof. Mark Bailey Managing Director, Schools

Libby Nicholas Managing Director, Schools & Little Dukes

Vivienne Melville Executive Assistant

Mike Stanley Head, The Lyceum School

Tracey Whittington Finance Director Little Dukes

Isaac Dossa Finance Director Outer London Schools

Catherine Robertson Finance Director, Central London & Cambridge Schools

Rob Humphreys Finance Director Colleges & Dukes Plus

Richard Fletcher Director of Performance

Lauren Huntley HR & L&D Executive Zina Charmokly HR Manager

Jon Pickles Chief Financial Officer

Claire Little Director of People

Tim Fish Managing Director, Colleges & Dukes Plus

Aatif Hassan Founder & Chairman

Dr Glenn Hawkins Managing Director, International Schools

Scott Giles Group Sales & Marketing Director

Dr. José Azcue Head of School, United Lisbon International School

Tim Moss General Counsel Enrico Golia IT Director Ronak Mehta IT Manager

Bethany Jennings Recruitment Co-ordinator, Little Dukes

Geoff Marston Group Compliance Director

Kevin Chung IT Manager

Paul Ludlow Compliance Director Colleges

Lee Tattum UKVI Manager

Wayne Marshall Principal, St Andrew’s College

Gareth Collier Principal, Cardiff Sixth Form College

Joss Williams Head, Earlscliffe

Candida Cave Principal, Fine Arts College Hampstead

Alistair Brownlow Principal, Rochester Independent College

Tom Arrand Head, Cardiff Sixth Form College

Julian Davies Head, CSFC Cambridge

Emmy Schwieters Head, Fine Arts College Hampstead

Luke Hayward Managing Director, Ultimate Activity Camps

Will Finlayson Director, Summer Boarding Courses

Alicia Luba Director, Oxbridge Applications

George Rendell Co-founder & Director, The Career Portal

Alison Bissell Director, A-List Education

Teresa Costa Monteiro General Manager, United Lisbon International School

Dr Ricardo Tavares Director, Dukes Plus

Hitesh Chowdhry Co-Founder, InvestIN Education

Shameer Thobhani Co-Founder & Managing Director, InvestIN Education

Katie Krais Managing Director, JK Educate

Dukes by numbers

100,000 students advised on their Oxbridge applications

96,000 arrows fired

50 students secured Ivy League places

50,000+ students have attended an InvestIN experience

5 million+ users each year access The Lawyer Portal’s law guides and resources

500 schools globally who use resources from The Medic Portal

#1 ranked summer school provider (2018 - 2023)

16,000 hours of tuition provided

Schools & Colleges

Meet the

We are delighted to share details of the Dukes Champions initiative with you and hope you are as excited as us about the benefits that this can bring to the Dukes family. The Champions initiative began its pilot in 2020 and has grown at an extraordinary rate ever since.

One of the core benefits to being part of the Dukes family is our ability to collaborate, share and learn with other members of the family. This collaboration is driven and fostered by the Dukes Champions.

The Champions cover a wide range of areas including teaching specialities as well as others such as well-being, mindfulness, and operations-focussed areas.

WHAT DO THE CHAMPIONS DO?

Our champions support subject communities by facilitating innovation and learning.

The champions host termly TeachMeets that offer the opportunity to network by bringing the community together. During the TeachMeets, employees can share new thinking, establish best practice, share concerns, and solve problems together.

The champions also collate and curate resources and publish them in a dedicated folder on the Dukes Hub. The Dukes Hub is our online content and communication platform which enables us to share best practice and collaborate beyond face-to-face. It is the store of the best educational material and content across the Dukes family.

HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?

You can get in touch with the Dukes champions by contacting them on their work email address. They will then add you to their contact list to ensure you don’t miss any top tips or networking opportunities.

Look out for upcoming TeachMeets and subject INSETS. Register on the Dukes Hub and check out the resources that have been shared.

Our champions welcome your contribution and collaboration – maybe share your top resource or best practice tips.

Founder’s Annual Review 2023

WHO ARE THE CHAMPIONS?

SUBJECT CHAMPION EMAIL

Art & Design - Primary Sabrina Tabuchi s.tabuchi@eatonsquareschools.com

Biology – Secondary Matthew Sison mcs@hchnet.co.uk

Careers / UCAS Hayley Bendle hayley.bendle@ccoex.com

Classics Iaomie Malik iaomie.malik@sanctonwood.co.uk

Computing - Primary Dee Edwards deirdre.edwards@apps.prospecths.org.uk

Computing - Secondary Andy Smith andy.smith@rochester-college.org.uk

Displays - Primary Rachel Blessley r.blessley@eatonsquareschools.com

Drama - Secondary Alex Cooper acooper@radnorhouse.org

Economics & Business Michael Rowlands michael.rowlands@rochester-college.org.uk

English - Primary Florence Stratton f.stratton@knightsbridgeschool.com

French - Secondary Nadège Gandemer ngandemer@radnorhouse.org

History - Secondary Kyle Smith kyle.smith@ccoex.com

KS1 Marina Yacoub marina.yacoub@staff.orchardhs.org.uk

Maths - Primary Donal O'Sullivan donal.osullivan@apps.prospecths.org.uk

Maths - Secondary Michael Marnell michael.marnell@ccoex.com

Mindfulness Hannah Smith hannah.smith@apps.prospecths.org.uk

Music - Primary Michael Searle michael.searle@staff.orchardhs.org.uk

Office Administrators Jane Zinopoulos jane.zinopoulos@pointers-school.co.uk

Pastoral Lisa Morton lisa.morton@ccoex.com

PE - Primary Russell Friese russell.friese@apps.bassetths.org.uk

Photography Michael Daks michael.daks@rochester-college.org.uk

Physics - Secondary Anthony Behan abehan@radnorhouse.org

Politics - Secondary Rachel Tait rtait@radnorhouse.org

PSHE - Secondary Mark Young mark.young@rochester-college.org.uk

RE - Primary Emmy Quartly emmy.quartly@staff.orchardhs.org.uk

SEND - Primary Kerry Nicols kerry.nicols@apps.prospecths.org.uk

SEND - Secondary Esther Haworth e.haworth@eatonsquareschools.com

We are always looking for individuals to champion subjects and areas. If the subject you are interested in isn’t listed and you would like to find out more about the champion role and how to apply, please contact lauren.huntley@dukeseducation.com

Dukes Hub

What is it?

The Dukes Hub houses our shared content and resource across the group and also the ‘Dukes Learning’ platform. The Hub is now the main content and resource sharing site for the Dukes community.

Learning Hub

There are 30 events and courses scheduled for the rest of the academic year. 209 Dukes family members have signed up to these events, with the Dukes Senior Leadership Programme and Dukes Leadership and Management Skills Programme being the most popular courses.

1,824

Dukes family members have registered on the Dukes Hub

‘Teaching & Learning’

is still the most popular channel, followed by EYFS, Compliance, Mental Health & wellbeing and Sustainability

43 events and courses scheduled for the rest of the year with

350 staff members already registered to these events

Want to book yourself onto a course? Visit: dukeshub.com

82 courses / sessions / workshops ran in 2022

Learning & Development

Love of learning is at the heart of everything we do at Dukes. It’s also one of the four Dukes values that remind us why we do what we do every day.

In our work we aim to instil that love of learning in our students, but sometimes it’s easy to forget that we need to cultivate it too.

Whatever your role in the Dukes family, our programmes are designed to help you deepen your skills, gain confidence, and become a more effective professional.

To find an overview of all courses and events open to you, visit www.dukeshub.com and simply click on the “Dukes Learning” tab, which will take you to the Dukes Learning Hub.

Coming soon in Sept 2023

More

and learning courses

Insight

Based upon serious journals such as the Harvard Business Review, the Dukes Education Insight journal is our opportunity to be thought-leaders in the education sector.

Articles are written by members of staff from across the group and printed copies are sent to schools and education agents around the world.

Tim Fish, editor sets the themes for each issue and this high-quality publication helps to position Dukes as a premium, intelligent and progressive organisation.

You can view past copies by visiting the Dukes Hub and the Dukes website. Previous editions of Insight are now archived in the British Library. Writers wanted!

If you would like to contribute to the Insight journal in 2023, please get in touch:

marketing@dukeseducation.com

100 articles written to date

In 2022 we started the implementation of ‘Bob’ a cloud-based HR Database for all schools, colleges and organisations within Dukes Education Group.

In 2023, we will give all employees access to Bob to request holiday, sickness reporting, updating personal details as well as being able to connect with their local and Dukes-wide communities.

Mobile app for easy access

Effective new starter on boarding

e-sign contracts / staff handbook acceptance

Welcome videos / information

Online training prior to starting

Employee engagement / communications

Local reporting

Our Strategy 2025

Doing it well

So how will we measure whether it’s working?

Pupil numbers

How many are coming to us? How many are staying? For how long?

Are our parents and pupils reporting that they are happy? Happiness

Educational outcomes

Staff retention & satisfaction

Are our academic programmes delivering?

Do people love working with us?

Are we upholding rigorous standards of care? Compliance

Financial stability

Are we looking healthy enough to ensure we can provide quality education for our children in the coming years?

Across the group we are making great strides towards excellence in our five strategic priorities.

5. Acting as a responsible organisation

How we re-invest into our educational settings, the Dukes Foundation and sustainability initiatives

1. Operational resilience

Ensuring we have the right structures, resources and settings to succeed

2. World-class admissions

Dukes Flywheel

4. Quality of product

Making our teaching and learning experience for our pupils extraordinary

Providing exceptional customer ser vices

3. Having the best sta

Caring, suppor ting and rewarding our most impor tant asset

Admissions

1. DISCOVER

Discovery of school / college or services offered by our institutions

2. EXPLORE & VISIT

Explore the nursery, school, college or institution in more detail

3. COMPARISON

Compare alternatives, which may involve consulting reviews or other parents

4. EVALUATE

Finalise decision to enrol

7. ARRIVAL DAY

The first day experience exceeds their expectations

6. PRE-ARRIVAL Students and families receive reassurance and feel excited about starting

5. ENROL & PAY

Complete paperwork and make payment

8. FIRST 4 WEEKS

Students are happy, settled and thriving

9. RETENTION

Stay loyal to the institution, and transition within the Dukes Family where feasible

10. REFERRALS

Bring awareness to peers by spreading positive feedback about the institution

Warm,

An impressively efficient process with help and support wherever needed.

A personalised journey so every family knows they are important.

A lasting impression that reflects the offering and values of the school.

We’re making improvements at every touchpoint, moving us from good to great:

The Dukes Foundation is the charitable arm of Dukes Education.

Our purpose is to support initiatives that will create a lasting impact on the lives of individuals, primarily in and around the communities that our schools and colleges serve. This will be achieved, by:

Making grants to educational, health and well-being charities in the UK and overseas

Partnering with organisations to help sustain the environment

Funding causes that promote equity and fairness

Working with our schools and colleges to facilitate access to the gift of a Dukes education for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Some of our recent charitable and community activities

The wider role of the Dukes Foundation

The Foundation will also:

Play a key role in Dukes Education’s development of an ESG strategy

Coordinate the culture of philanthropy across the Dukes network

Leverage the Dukes family’s expertise, knowledge and infrastructure to support its charity beneficiaries

Develop network-wide initiatives to encourage students, staff, and parents to participate in charitable and community activity

SBC offers scholarships to 30 Ukrainian students

Well-being

Looking after our mental health and well-being is vitally important.

The purpose of Dukes is to enable young people to lead an extraordinary life and we recognise that the well-being of our staff and pupils is vital in fulfilling this purpose.

The Dukes Mental Health and Well-being Strategy seeks to support the mental health and well-being of everyone in the Dukes community and beyond by:

Raising awareness of issues surrounding mental health.

Reducing the stigma that surrounds the issue of mental health.

Helping our people to support themselves and build their levels of resilience.

Helping our people to support each other.

Employee Assistance Programme

This Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is available to all staff and provides a confidential telephone service with trained counsellors available 24/7 365 days a year. The telephone calls are 100% confidential and can support you in dealing with personal and professional problems that could be affecting your home or work life, health or general well-being.

In addition Health Assured also offers a virtual library of wellbeing articles, self-help guides, and assessment tools, including:

Four-week self-help programmes

Mini health checks

Interactive health assessment providing tailor-made dietary tips and fitness plans

Fitness and lifestyle advice, such as detoxing methods

Financial well-being articles

HOW TO GET ASSISTANCE

Call the free 24-hour telephone line: 0800 0280199

Visit healthassuredeap.co.uk, and login with user ID: Dukes and password: eap

Download the Health Assured app ‘My Healthy Advantage’ from the App Store or GoogleStore.

For more information about Health Assured and understand more about the employee assistance programme and how to access it, visit: dukeshub.com/My-HealthyAdvantage-App/375

Raise awareness Support ourselves Reduce stigma Support each other

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to 1-to-1 counselling

Fitness and Lifestyle Advice

Financial well-being advice

...and much more

Mental Health and Well-being Courses

MHFA England licensed and accredited courses

Suicide first aid course

Bespoke Workshops tailored to your needs

Mental health and well-being week

“I would say it was such a positive experience and it really opened my eyes to the bigger picture around me and I would even say I do see things slightly differently now and feel like I can control my body and thoughts a lot easier.”

.b Foundations online 8-week course

“I was very impressed with the format of the workshop and the open and caring way that the facilitator delivered it. It felt very personal and judgement-free. I found all of the strategies realistic and helpful. Should be publicised more.”

Mindfulness Courses

.b Foundations

Accredited

8-week course

Train to Teach Mindfulness

Dots (for 3- to 6-year-olds)

Paws .b (7- to 11-year-olds)

.b (11- to 18-year-olds)

School Mindfulness Lead

“The facilitator was excellent. The course was well presented with sensitive subjects delivered with empathy and understanding. A great course.”

MHFA Mental Health First Aid 2-day certificate

“The facilitator made their examples relatable and real. I left the course with concrete ideas about how to support others.”

MHFA Mental Health First Aid 2-day certificate

Sustainability

How is Dukes implementing sustainability?

GOVERNANCE

It includes addressing pressing matters such as the climate emergency, biodiversity loss, marine pollution, unemployment, and inequality. The lower the priority society places on addressing these matters, the greater both the compounded effect on the inability of the environment to continue to provide services that support life and the cost implication of righting affect we are having on future generations.

Education has a pivotal role in enabling a mindset that:

Truly understands the interconnectivity between human society and the negative impacts it creates on the environment through pollution and over consumption, and societal progress through lack of education, inequality and exploitation

Innovates and takes action to put right negative impacts and enhance the capability of the environment and human society

Dukes is passionate about sustainability; it is a key aspect of our value to lead from the heart, and it will be a golden thread across the group. We have implemented a new quarterly reporting process so the Board has greater oversight of sustainability performance.

A new policy has been adopted which commits us to achieving Net Zero ahead of 2050 and adopting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) by incorporating them into our plans.

After our colleges successfully achieving Planet Mark Certification in 2022, we have set ourselves a challenging target of achieving Planet Mark Certification across all of our settings by the end of 2023.

Sustainable development is about meeting the needs of the current population without negatively affecting future generations accessing what they need.

OPERATIONS

Our case studies are examples of our sustainability work in 2022 and showcase the breadth and depth of the sustainability agenda.

OUR COLLEGES

During 2022, our five colleges all achieved Planet Mark certification.

They also took part in Dukes Sustainable Career Weeks which raises awareness of the types of jobs that are included in the growing field of sustainability. In addition to hearing from industry experts in after-college lectures, 54 of them attended The Engineering Design Institute and built scooters out of waste paper, which they then test drove.

OUR NURSERIES

Many people feel that nursery aged children are too young to understand about the natural world, but at Miss Daisy’s that is exactly what they learn about as the curriculum is designed to include lessons on all of the United Nations Sustainable Development goals from inequality and intergenerational learning to pollution. The children are Ambassadors and have their say on what is important and what different topics mean to them.

Both Miss Daisy’s and Eaton House Nursery have a focus on waste and recycling and zero food waste. At Eaton House Nursery, the children even shout out ‘zero waste’ if they finish all their food as a way of celebrating their achievement.

SUSTAINABILITY CURRICULUM AND SANCTON WOOD

Many of our nurseries, schools and colleges include sustainability in curriculum to create awareness of the challenges we face, like waste and recycling, inequality, food waste, air pollution and energy efficiency.

At Sancton Wood, the curriculum is citizen-based and includes human rights, wellness, diversity, equity, work-life balance, empowerment and the value of community engagement, philanthropy and volunteerism. Following an application for solar photovoltaics, the children are also experiencing the application process from start to installation.

ECO CHAMPIONS

Our children are involved in sustainability as members of our Eco or Citizen Councils and Sustainability or Eco Committees. From our nurseries to colleges more than nine of these pupil bodies decide which aspects of sustainability they want including in the programme for the year which they help implement.

In 2023, a staff Champions Network will be established to provide support in implementing sustainability plans through engagement with our children and collaboration with colleagues.

A shared folder of resources is in development to support this with aligned staff learning and development opportunities and communication briefs.

OUR 2022 SUSTAINABILITY AWARD WINNER

Eaton Square Preparatory School won the company sustainability award this year. They were awarded the Eco Schools Green Flag in July 2022 and have an active eco-committee with children helping to drive the agenda. Our two staff champions have continued to work with our children and colleagues to actively change practices within the school to make the school increasingly more sustainable. Programmes this year have included waste and recycling, zero waste food, an innovative 10-point energy plan to improve energy efficiency, a trashion show to highlight fashion’s environmental impacts, a gardening club and an active travel plan that involved talking to Mums for Lungs and the local authority.

DEVONSHIRE HOUSE

Our sustainability champion at Devonshire House has delivered some outstanding work this year with the pupil Ambassadors. This has included raising awareness through visiting a Veolia material recycling facility and buying a Terracycle bin for waste crisp packets as part of a drive to both produce less and recycle more wastes.

The air pollution station sited outside the school has been used by the Ambassadors to support active travel and reduce idling of cars dropping off and collecting children, which led to the school receiving a TfL STARS Gold award.

So empowered, one of the children even wrote a passionate letter asking for a dripping tap to be fixed to reduce water loss including a calculation of how much water was being lost as part of his persuasive writing.

COMMUNITY WORK AND PARTNERSHIPS

Recognising we cannot make the transition to low carbon on our own, last year our children took an active role in their communities by talking to local environmental groups and campaigners about air pollution, climate change and waste. They engaged with local authorities and MPs to gain support in creating positive change and wrote to inspiring people to encourage them to come into our schools to share their thoughts with our children.

Knightsbridge School decided to rid itself of plastic glitter and repurposed this using a local plastic recycling specialist, whilst Earlscliffe switched its cleaning products and introduced new bins to better support waste segregation for recycling, and the Lyceum introduced meat-free Mondays with its catering provider.

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

This year we are creating a curriculum and non-curriculum education programme for our children using a catalogue of resources that we are compiling appropriate to each age group. In addition, we are developing internal and external learning and development opportunities for our staff. Through these separate but aligned programmes, we will deliver learning, growth and development opportunities plus the necessary wherewithal to take action and create innovative solutions to the economic, social, technological and cultural challenges that threaten to imbalance the earth’s ecosystem.

UNSDGS – GRAND THEMES

The adoption of the UNSDGs has culminated in creating four grand themes for the education programme which are described below and depict the UNSDGs that they cover:

1. GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

2. RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION

3. PARTNERSHIPS

With more than 10% of Generation Z likely to live to 100 years and beyond, yet if current projections are correct, for much of those additional years, people will be living with illhealth. To avert this, it’s vital that we support our children, to develop and maintain the necessary skills, knowledge and resilience to achieve success in a future world.

Our programme will cover:

Nutrition, food and food waste

Stress and anxiety management

Neurodiversity

Clean water and sanitation

Labour standards, poverty and economic growth

A net-zero world cannot have wastage and wastes like we have today. Producing what is needed must have a lighter touch on the environment and consuming products needs to be consciously managed to avoid waste and where possible put materials back into a production cycle through closed loop material chains or a circular economy approach.

Responsible consumption and production thus includes topics such as:

Specification and procurement

Energy selection and efficiency

Climate and climate change

Water use, pollution and aquatic life

Land use, pollution and terrestrial life

Recognising we cannot achieve sustainability on our own, it is fundamental that our behaviours are collaborative and that this leads to shared actions, goals and effective outcomes.

Our work on Partnerships includes:

The meaning of partnership and collaboration

Types of partners

Relationship building for equality, peace and justice

Achieving sustainable cities

Innovation

4. CHARITABLE GIVING

Dukes Foundation is the main way we will deliver on this key theme. Our membership of the Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) will enable our board of trustees to remain at the forefront of excellent practice in how we manage our charitable work.

PERFORMANCE

In 2022, we achieved Planet Mark certification across our colleges. This equates to a total of 801.1 tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent emissions or 2.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per employee, as verified by Planet Mark.

We are developing the metrics we will report in next year’s Annual Report. This will include carbon footprint data that has been verified by Planet Mark as part of the certification process across all our settings in 2023 and progress against our grand themes and plans.

ACCREDITATION WITH PLANETMARK

Through PlanetMark, Dukes is protecting an area of endangered rainforest thanks to Cool Earth; a charity working alongside rainforest communities to halt deforestation. Our pledge through Cool Earth goes directly towards supporting the Asháninka community in Central Peru.

We are also helping the Eden Project – an educational charity building connections with each other and the living world, exploring how we can work together towards a better future.

FUTURE TARGET FOR ALL SCHOOLS:

Reduce carbon footprint by 5% annually

As part of the PlanetMark certification, Dukes Education has committed to making a year-on-year reduction.

Improving quality of teaching and learning

High

quality teaching and learning is at the heart of an excellent education.

Individual schools, colleges and nurseries have the autonomy to develop their own curriculum, systems and practices, but they also draw on the expertise and high standards within the Dukes family.

Dukes Hub

Sharing good practice across all Dukes schools, with subject champions leading the way at different key stages

Dukes Excellent Teaching Standards

Expectations for the highest standards in teaching, with training support and external accreditation

School Quality Evaluation Framework

A peer review evaluation of Dukes schools every two years to share good practice and to improve what we offer

Dukes Plus: Teaching Standards in Pastoral

Care & Co-curricular activities

Expectations for the highest standards in teaching, with training support and external accreditation

Eaton Square Sixth Form

Eaton Square Nursery

New developments

Despite some headwinds with local planning permission and supply chain issues for building materials, Dukes’ CAPEX development plans continue to roll onwards.

9 major projects were completed in 2022

Completed and opened in 2022

Hopes & Dreams, Old Street

New nursery opened with spaces for 90 children.

Eaton Square Sixth Form

Beautifully restored buildings at 79 Belgrave Road opened to cater to up to 150 sixth form pupils.

Eaton Square Prep Nursery

Designed by House of Kin, the new nurseries include the Hepher Hive and the Trish Tree.

Cardiff Sixth Form Cambridge

New teaching space and boarding accommodation opened in September 2022.

Bassett House Nursery Miss

St. Andrew’s College

Shared science labs and canteen opened on Glissen Rd for St Andrews and CSFC to share.

Earlscliffe boarding facility - Goldschmidt House

New luxury accommodation to accommodate another 60 students.

Bassett Bear Nursery

A gorgeous new nursery was officially opened by Claire Balding.

Miss Daisy’s, Belgravia

A lovely new branch of the ever-popular Miss Daisy’s Nursery.

11+ projects with planning and construction underway

Little Dukes flagship nursery

St. Andrews & CSFC

Earlscliffe Boarding

Hopes & Dreams

Due for completion in 2023

Orchard House and CBPPS Buildings merger project.

Devonshire House

Redevelopment of Lyndhurst buildings for Year 7-8.

LPS Clapham

Re-development of Oliver House school.

Little Dukes

Flagship nursery opening in Holland Park.

Riverside Stunning nursery opening in Richmond.

Little Broomwood Nursery opening in Clapham.

Hove Village Nurseries

Opening a new nursery in an innovative beach-front site.

Sancton Wood Nursery

Renovations to existing property to facilitate longer opening hours and more children.

Hampton Court House

New nursery opening as part of HCH.

Dukes Education

Dukes central office in Buckingham Gate.

Devonshire House

Refurbishment of Lyndhurst buildings for Devonshire House.

Hove Village

LPS Clapham

Orchard House & CBPPS

Kneller Hall

Ongoing major development projects

Kneller Hall

A landmark development opening in stages from 2023 - 2025.

Cardiff Bay campus for CSFC (2025)

Restoration of an historic building in Cardiff Bay and the development of a brand new accommodation building.

RIC new boarding house (2024)

Large expansion of the boarding capacity at RIC with the redevelopment of a nearby building.

Fine Arts College

New buildings in Belsize Park.

Dates for your diary 2023

Spring

February

Senior Leaders Programme starts

March

ExCom meeting

17th March

Senior Leaders Development day

23rd March - 20th April Easter holidays

7th May

Dukes Club charity golf day

9th - 21st February

February half-term

6th - 17th March

TeachMeet period

April

Annual Safeguarding Reviews

Summer

May ExCom meeting

8th May

Coronation weekend

15th - 26th May

TeachMeet period

June

Governors meeting ExCom meeting

Summer term

Sustainable Careers week

Autumn term

Renaissance Scholars week

October

ExCom meeting

November

Deadline for applying for 2024 leadership courses

29th May - 5th June

May half-term

23rd June

Senior Leaders Development day

5th July - 6th September

Summer holidays

Autumn

September

Governors meeting

23rd October - 6th November

October half-term

November

ExCom meeting

Dukes

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