The Herne Hill Society and staff and students at The Charter School North Dulwich have worked together for the past two years on the 'Remembering Herne Hill 1914-18’ research project.

The project was awarded £5,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) First World War: Then and Now programme and the aim was to tell the story of all those from from the area who served in the First World War, as well as the experiences of non-combatants.

As a direct result of this project, Sunday 10 November saw the unveiling of the first permanent memorial to commemorate Herne Hill residents who lost their lives in the Great War. The event was well attended by local residents, politicians, staff and students.

The school was represented at the ceremony by Year 13 Jessie Ross who read and excerpt from Philip Larkin's MCMXIV, while fellow Year 13 student, Walter Feeney, played the last post to signal the start of the two minutes silence at 11am.

The school’s involvement was led by our Head of History, Dan Townsend.

 

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Pupils at The Charter School North Dulwich are today celebrating their GCSE results.

• 82% of all students in Year 11 at the school gained a standard pass or above in both English and Maths (grade 4 to 9)
• 67% gaining a strong pass in both English and Maths (grade 5 to 9)
• 44% of all GCSEs gained by Year 11 pupils at the school this year were graded 7-9
• 42% of pupils achieved at least five GCSEs graded 7-9
• 49% of pupils gained the English Baccalaureate  
• 68% of pupils gained at least one GCSE with a grade 7-9

Headteacher Christian Hicks said today; “We are extremely proud of our Year 11 students for their perseverance and commitment to excellence over the past two years that has led to these fantastic results. We are also very grateful to our teachers and support staff, as well as to parents and carers, for their hard work and support which has led to these positive outcomes for our pupils.” 

This years whole school production of the musical, Grease, opened to rave reviews on July 3rd and played to packed houses over three nights.

The Charter School North Dulwich has an ambitious target to be free of single-use plastic by 2021.We are very pleased to announce that over half-term we installed twelve new bottle refill stations. Students can now top up their own reusable water bottles with cool, filtered water around the school.

Southwark’s newest secondary school opened its doors to pupils this week as the new term started at The Charter School East Dulwich (TCSED).

Did you know that you can raise funds for the Friends of Charter School whenever you buy anything online, at no extra cost to yourself.  Over the past couple of years, we've raised more than £2,000 through Easyfundraising, but we could raise much more.