An independent school in south London offering a first-class education for girls aged 4-18, empowered to forge their own path through life.
12/06/2026
For the past six months our Head, Antonia Geldeard, has led a research team for the Girls’ Day School Trust interviewing experts from 27 companies across a broad range of sectors – from financial services to the life sciences and creative industries - about what they are truly looking for in their early career employees.
Read her insights piece to discover her findings: https://bit.ly/AGL_Insights
This week we celebrated Curioso Week and Futures Fortnight, with pupils from Year 7 to 12 throwing themselves into a bustling schedule of enrichment and exploring learning beyond the classroom.
Here are this week’s Highlights From the Hill:
🌟 Year 7 took part in a charity run at Crystal Palace Park to celebrate the end of assessment week and raised over £3000 for our four fantastic House charities! A brilliant display of community and house spirit.
🌟 History came alive for Year 9 on their residential trip to Normandy, France. From visiting The Peace Museum to Omaha Beach, it has been an impactful and unforgettable learning journey.
🌟 Year 10 pupils visited our Reception girls to run brilliant teaching sessions focused on counting and reading with our youngest pupils.
🌟 Year 8 fully embraced the ancient world during their spellbinding Odyssey Day. Highlights included a captivating session with storyteller Wendy Shearer, followed by the pupils creating their own musical and dramatic retellings, and even a mini-golf course inspired by The Odyssey!
🌟Year 9 hosted a wonderful, collaborative literary day mentoring Year 3 pupils in the library with shared reading and bookmark making, followed by an inspiring creative writing workshop with best-selling author Lisa Williamson.
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12/06/2026
We are delighted to have been selected as the 2026 Supporting Sustainability winner at the Awards!
At Sydenham & Dulwich Girls, sustainability is a living culture — structural, curriculum-embedded, pupil-driven, and measurably effective. A green thread runs through every stage of school life. From litter picking to growing our own vegetables, biodiversity days to food waste challenges, we have made small steps for big cumulative impact.
We look forward to continuing with our eco work and improving our sustainability as a community.
12/06/2026
We are delighted to be selected as the 2026 Improvements in EDIB winner at the Awards!
We acknowledge that this work is ongoing and that there is always more to do. However, the commitment, energy, and genuine collaboration between students, staff, and families reflected in all of our initiatives demonstrates that we are building an authentic culture of belonging, through a commitment to continuous growth, reflection and action.
We are so proud of what we have achieved and we remain committed to going further.
11/06/2026
We are so excited to see our new buildings heading to completion. Only a couple of weeks before we will be in and enjoying views across the London skyline!
Swipe to see a sneak peek of Fairlight, our entrance building, and one from The Foundry, of our Sixth Form Study Space.
Watch this space...
On Saturday we hosted our bi-annual alumnae event! We were delighted to welcome back graduates spanning from the class of 1968 all the way to 2019.
Despite the rain, it was a beautiful day to share memories, connect with old friends, and look back on days spent within these halls.
Thank you to everyone who attended. We look forward to seeing even more faces at our next event, which will include a highly anticipated tour of The Foundry and Fairlight Innovation Space!
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06/06/2026
We are absolutely thrilled to be Finalists in four categories for the 2026 Education Choices Awards!
As a school we work incredibly hard to ensure that we are offering the best all-round education for our girls, and we are always pleased to receive these external endorsements of our commitment:
🌟 Improvements in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
🌟 Diversity & Inclusion in Sport
🌟 Opportunities in Art & Music
🌟 Supporting Sustainability
Well done to all the schools and we are excited to find out the winners next Friday!
05/06/2026
Throughout June we are connecting with the planet, ourselves and each other in The Wildlife Trust’s 30 Days Wild!
Daily time in nature is great for your health, your happiness, and the planet.
Find your wild, recharge your body and mind, and reset.
Join in with all our GDST peers and let's see if we can reach 1,000 activities across the Trust! Whether it's a 5-minute wellbeing walk or a full outdoor lesson, every act of wildness counts toward our collective goal.
03/06/2026
It's at SDG and we have been having fun looking at the history of our local area.
As we often use Crystal Palace Park for health and wellbeing activities, we have watched the changes over the last few years and look forward to seeing the regeneration projects finished soon.
Do you think the former Crystal Palace should be reinstated?!
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