Dukes Welcomes NHP

TOGETHER WE’RE EXTRAORDINARY

Dukes welcomes Notting Hill Prep

A guide for new members joining the family.

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Introduction

A Welcome from our Founder and Chairman, Aatif Hassan - p. 6

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What is Dukes?

An Extraordinary Family - p. 10

Our Structure - p. 12

Our Strategy 2025 - p. 14

Our History - p. 16

Our Family - p. 18

3

Working together

How We Work Together - p. 24

How We Lead - p. 26

How We Govern - p. 28

How We’re Organised - p. 30

Sustainability - p. 32

Our People - p. 34

4

Getting to know us

The Dukes Hub - p. 38

Insight - p. 40 bob - p. 41

Dukes Conference - p. 42

Dukes Plus - p. 44

Dukes Foundation - p. 48

Dukes Club - p. 50

Useful Contacts at Dukes - p. 52

Dates For Your Diary - p. 54

Chairman’s welcome

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

Aatif Hassan, Founder and Chairman

I know that for some of you, news that you are joining us can be a bit daunting. The unknown always is. However, I’d like to reassure you that, in becoming part of Dukes, you have joined a organisation that is led by the right values. I left the world of finance for a reason: I went through some extremely challenging experiences in my life that reinforced for me that there’s more to the world than making money. I wanted to do something that filled me with a sense of purpose. A reason to get up day in, day out and work tirelessly because I felt inspired.

And the thing that fills me with that purpose? Seeing my children - all our children - learn, soak up the wonder in the world; see the extraordinary.

That is what I’m here to make happen with Dukes, and I chose your school because I saw it happening there too.

I really look forward to meeting you and getting to learn and understand what is unique and special about your school in more depth. Through willing, positivity, and having the experience of our pupils unwaveringly at the forefront of our hearts and minds, I believe this new union will be the start of something really special.

What wil Dukes bring?

Purposeful leadership and exceptional people.

It’s people first at Dukes, starting with our pupils; ecompassing our parents, and celebrating our staff. We look for people who put their heart into what they do, and then help them to lead.

Strategic focus, extra funding, and a growth mindset.

Being part of a wider family means more stability and security. In turn, this makes room for being more ambitious, and doing new and exciting things.

Team & peer-to-peer training.

Ultimately, great education is simple: quality teachers, spending quality time with students. We are working hard to make Dukes the best place for staff training & development anywhere in the sector, so our teachers can do what they’re best at, better.

Shared resources

From US universities or digital marketing, to setting up a summer school, there is a wealth of niche expertise within Dukes that we can share to deepen the experience of our students.

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Welcome to Dukes. In this guide, we give you a brief introduction to Dukes – who we are, why we do what we do, and how we work together.

A quick tour of Dukes: the why, what, and how.

What is Dukes? 2

WHAT IS

An Extraordinary Family

The formula for the best education has been the same for thousands of years: quality teachers spending quality time with students. At Dukes, we are firm believers that nurturing closer relationships between people is the best way to help bring these learning experiences about and enable the education community to thrive.

Dukes is more than a collection of excellent individuals. We are a community of peopleeducators, parents, and young learners - who connect in closer ways to raise the bar for all.

Being part of Dukes means belonging to a family that is there for the long run. We strive together and we celebrate together. It’s a community for sharing and growth. And for those who share our purpose and our values, it’s a home, where extraordinary things can happen.

Our Purpose

Our Values

We lead with heart

We are for: Placing the highest value on people. We are against: Putting results before people.

We’re a team

We are for: Once you’re part of the set, you’re set for good.

We are against: Isolation.

We love learning

We are for: Joy in learning at every stage of life. We are against: Education as a means to an end.

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We do it well

We are for: Expecting the best from everyone and for everyone in the family.

We are against: The ordinary.

Individuals in a family are not all the same. Each of our member organisations has its own, unique take on how to deliver outstanding teaching and learning. Each has its own brand, ethos, history, its own special place in the community.

We love this and we want to keep it this way.

But there is also commonality. For us to work together well, there must be a common thread that weaves through the whole organisation, drawing us together, connecting us, making us strong.

At Dukes, our shared purpose and values form our common thread.

We choose every new school very deliberately. Though each may have a different approach, in every one, these principles are embedded at the core.

Our Structure

Dukes has brought together a curated selection of exceptional schools and nurseries.

Around them, a collection of further offerings beyond the classroom offer our students the very best opportunities for developing their talents and pursuing their ambitions. As a family, we want to be with our pupils the whole way through their journey, as they ready themselves to take their next steps in life.

The Dukes Offering

“No one can be an expert in everything, but with such talent across Dukes, our collective expertise is something really special.”

Richard Fletcher, Director of Performance

Our Strategy 2025

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

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

Are our academic programmes delivering?

Staff retention & satisfaction

Do people love working with us?

Compliance

Are we upholding rigorous standards of care?

Financial stability

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

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

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

MARCH 2015

Dukes Education formally launched

Rochester Independent College joins

Building the Crown, our Culture Book, is published

NOVEMBER 2019

Radnor House School

Twickenham joins

OCTOBER 2019

Hopes & Dreams Montessori Nursery School joins

2020

CHRISTMAS 2019

The family, 1000 people strong, sits down to Christmas

Dinner together

SEPTEMBER 2019

The inaugural Dukes Schools Conference

Dukes turns 5!

JANUARY 2020

Bassett House, Orchard House, and Prospect House join

SEPTEMBER 2022

CSFC opens new campus in Cambridge, and Eaton Square opens new 6th form college

SEPTEMBER 2019

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

NOVEMBER 2022

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

JUNE 2022

The Pointers school in Blackheath joins the family

2023

JANUARY 2023

The family, 2500 strong gathers at Wembley Stadium for the Dukes Education conference

MAY 2022

Dukes Club launches

FEBRUARY 2023

Copperfield Int School Verbier joins 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 Margaret’s 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

APRIL 2022

InvestIn Education & JK Educate join the Dukes family

MARCH 2022

Inaugural Dukes sustainable careers week

SEPTEMBER 2021

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

MARCH 2022

Devonshire House School joins the family

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

MARCH 2023

The International Sharing School Lisbon joins the Dukes family

MARCH 2023

The Institute of Education Dublin joins the family

JUNE 2023

Colegio Julio Dinis International School Portugal joins the family

JUNE 2023

Dukes welcomes Notting Hill Prep to the family

United Kingdom

* See next spread for all of our London based schools

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.

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.

International

Dublin

The Institute of Education

AGES 12-18

Portugal

CJD International School

AGES 5-18

Portugal International Sharing School

AGES 3-18

United Kingdom

Switzerland

Copperfield International School Verbier

AGES 4-18

Portugal United Lisbon International School

AGES 3-18

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

Preparatory School

Senior School

Sixth Form College

Broomfield House School

AGES 3-11

Riverside Nursery Schools

KEW MONTESSORI • AGES 0-5

Riverside Nursery Schools

ST MARGARETS MONTESSORI • AGES 0-5

Kneller Hall School* AGES 11-18

Riverside NurserySchools

TWICKENHAM GREEN MONTESSORI AGES 0-5

Riverside Nursery Schools

TWICKENHAM PARK • AGES 0-5

Riverside Nursery Schools

TWICKENHAM GROSVENOR PARK • AGES 0-5

Radnor House School • AGES 9 - 18

Hampton Court House School

AGES 2-18

Bassett House School

AGES 2-11

Orchard House School

AGES 3-11

Heathside School

Hampstead AGES 2-13

Devonshire House School

AGES 2-13

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

Notting Hill Prep AGES 2-13

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

Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory School • AGES 3-11

Kindergartens POOH CORNER • AGES 2-5

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

Kindergartens

Miss Daisy’s Nursery CHELSEA • AGES 2-5

Eaton Square Senior School, Mayfair AGES 11-18

Knightsbridge School AGES 3-16

The Lyceum School AGES 3-11

Dukes Education

WATERLOO PLACE OFFICE

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

Prospect House School

AGES 3-11

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

Northcote Lodge School • AGES 8-13

Kindergartens CRESCENT II • AGES 2-5

London Park School, Belgravia* • 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

An overview of how Dukes is structured & how decisions are made.

Working together 3

How We Work Together

Backed by Dukes

Dukes Role:

Stability, investment, strategic leadership

Opportunity to be more ambitious thanks to additional security

Enhanced by Dukes

Dukes Role:

Industry-leading training and development

A hub for sharing excellence

Expertise & additional bandwidth provided by the central team for services such as HR, marketing, accounting

Opportunities to explore new avenues with guidance from those with experience

Connected by Dukes

Dukes Role:

Access to a network of exceptional schools and the people within them

Peer support at all levels of your organisation

Shared expertise of some of the best educational organisations in the UK Competitors become allies

Opportunities to do bigger, better things through collaboration

When a new organisation becomes part of Dukes, we interact in three ways.

Most aspects of our organisations are run autonomously at the local level. We then have some elements that are kept consistent, and some which are managed centrally.

eg: Teaching & Learning

Local Marketing & Brand Curriculum

Locally-led

By ensuring most activity and decision making is led at the local level, we enable the leadership and the staff on the ground to react quickly to the needs of their communities.

eg: Safeguarding Software Health & Safety Approaches to inclusion

By making some processes and systems consistent throughout Dukes, we reduce the overall costs, allowing further investment into individual schools, and improve communication throughout the family.

eg: Compliance & Statutory Policies

Autonomous Consistent Centralised Kept the same

Budgets, Payroll, Insurance Finance Accounting

Centrally-led

Moving some processes to centralised manangement frees up administrative pressure on our organisations, enabling the focus to be on the pupil experience as much as possible.

How We Lead

The Board

Our Founder, Aatif, is supported on the Board by our Chief Financial Officer, Jon Pickles, and four Managing Directors.

Professor Mark Bailey is responsible for our schools in central London and Cambridge.

Tim Fish looks after our four colleges in London, Cardiff, and Kent.

Aatif Hassan Founder and Chairman Jon Pickles Chief Financial Officer

Dr Glenn Hawkins runs the collection of services we call ‘Beyond the Classroom’, our summer schools and university application consultancies that complement our central school and nursery provision.

Libby Nicholas is Managing Director for our day schools and nurseries in west London and Worthing.

Professor Mark Bailey Managing Director

Tim Fish Managing Director

Dr Glenn Hawkins Managing Director Libby Nicholas Managing Director

The Education Advisory Board

Alongside our Board of Directors, our four Education Advisory Board members advise on educational practice and school governance throughout Dukes.

David Goodhew Senior Adviser and Governor Neil Roskilly Senior Adviser and Governor

Christine Leslie Senior Adviser and Governor

Pam Mundy Senior Adviser and Governor

William Russell Senior Adviser and Governor

Our Leadership Framework

Board of Governance

Each school has its own Board of Governance chaired by our Founder, Aatif, with at least one further Lead Governor (Managing Director & Dukes Board member) and an independent governor. Each Beyond the Classroom (BTC) organisation has an equivalent review led by Dr Glenn Hawkins. These meetings take place termly and are the engine room for all decisions. They feed into the ExComm meetings.

ExComm

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These are strategic meetings attended by the Head of each organisation, grouped together in their divisions (Boarding Colleges, Outside of London Schools, London and Cambridge Schools and BTC). These meetings allow for collaboration and greater sharing.

Board of Directors

The five ExComms form the basis of reporting to the Dukes Board of Directors, who also meet formally every term, plus an additional annual strategic review.

How We Govern

Our sense of purpose shows us where we’re going, and our values remind us the way in which we want to go about running the family. Alongside these, we have four key non-negotiables that direct how we govern:

“We’re not remotely interested in quick gains at the expense of long-term growth. If we’re doing our job right, our children will be with us for years, so long-term thinking is everything.”

Aatif Hassan, Founder

Dukes Board of Directors

David Goodhew Senior advisor and Governor Head of Latymer Upper School

Neil Roskilly Senior advisor and Governor Ex CEO of ISA

Dr. Glenn Hawkins Tim

Dukes Managing Director

Libby

Fish

Nicholas Managing Director

Director of People Finance Directors (Divisional)

Professor Mark Bailey

Managing Director

Former High Master, St Paul’s School

Professor of Later Medieval History, University of East Anglia

Libby Nicholas

Leadership, Training, HR and development of our team

Managing Director

CEO of Astrea (Multi-academy trust)

Education Director for GDST

Former Head of South Hampstead High

Tim Fish

Managing Director

Founder of Earlscliffe

Former Head of Buckswood

St. Clare’s College, Oxford

Dr Glenn Hawkins

Managing Director

CEO of Astrum Education

MD Cambridge Education Group

Sales and Marketing Director, Alpha Plus

Jonathan Pickles

Chief Financial Officer

Joined Dukes at inception

Former CFO of ILX Group PLC (Training and AIM listed)

Qualified management accountant with extensive M&A experience

Finance team

Jonathan Pickles CFO Accountable

M&A / Legal / Property

Brand, PR, Digital Marketing, Schools Marketing

Director of Marketing / Sales

Aatif Hassan Chairman

Sustainability

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

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

How is Dukes implementing sustainability?

GOVERNANCE

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.

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 aftercollege 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.

An introduction to some of the faces, initiatives, & events you’ll get to know.

Getting to know us 4

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 & well-being 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 teaching and learning courses More

GETTING TO KNOW US 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

Thank you to all those who made the Dukes Conference such a special day.

1,300 staff attended

TO KNOW US

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:

To empower young people to create a happy and successful life. This is the Dukes Plus vision.

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.

TO KNOW US

Creating in the UK & beyond

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

GETTING TO KNOW US

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.

3000

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 in-person 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.

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.

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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

Useful Contacts at Dukes

Leadership, Training & HR

David Goodhew Managing Director david.goodhew@dukeseducation.com

Claire Little Director of People

For support with: HR guidance and policy advice, career and succession management, and the Dukes Hub. claire.little@dukeseducation.com

Richard Fletcher Director of Performance

For support with: Learning & development, Dukes staff training programmes, and the Dukes Hub. richard.fletcher@dukeseducation.com

Brand, Marketing & Admissions

Scott Giles Group Sales & Marketing Director

For support with: Sales and Marketing Strategy. scott.giles @dukeseducation.com

Emilie McCarthy Marketing Manager

For support with: Using the Dukes brand. Dukes channels (eg website), events & initiative and collateral.

emilie.mccarthy @dukeseducation.com

Chris Hennessy Head of Digital

For support with: Digital marketing, digital content and websites. chris.hennessy @dukeseducation.com

Compliance, Legal & Operations

Damian Quinn Operations Director

DUKES SCHOOLS

Geoff Marston Director of Compliance

Vivienne Melville Executive Assistant

For support with: Property projects. damian.quinn @dukeseducation.com

For support with: Inspections and compliance. geoff.marston @dukeseducation.com

For support with:

Liaison with the Board. Key Dukes dates, timings and Dukes events. vivienne.melville @dukeseducation.com 020 3696 5300

Tim Moss General Counsel

For support with: Legal issues and property purchases. tim.moss @dukeseducation.com

Information Technology

Enrico Golia IT Director

For support with: Information Technology. enrico.golia @dukeseducation.com

Central Email Addresses

• info@dukeseducation.com

• marketing@dukeseducation.com

• poetrytogether@dukeseducation.com

General enquiries, or when you’re not sure where to go For any marketing or branding queries

For anything related to our initiative, Poetry Together

For support with the Dukes Essay Prize

To share content you’d like us to feature on our website/ newsletters/social channels

Dates for your diary

Summer

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

7th December - 8th January

Christmas holidays

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

8th December

Dukes annual festive dinner and awards

TOGETHER WE’RE EXTRAORDINARY

Dukes Education

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020 3696 5300

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