Dulwich College Beijing

Founded in 2005, Dulwich College Beijing is the Beijing campus of Dulwich College International, the Asian network licensed to the historic Dulwich College London (1619) and operated within the Education in Motion (EiM) family. It serves roughly 1,600 students aged 2 to 18 across DUCKS (Early Years), Junior School and Senior School on a single co-educational day campus in the Shunyi/Riviera expatriate belt north-east of central Beijing.

Academically the school follows a British through-line — the English National Curriculum into IGCSE in Years 10–11 — culminating in the IB Diploma Programme, for which it has been an IB World School since 2007 (school code 003434). From August 2025 it also offers A-Levels alongside the IB DP in the sixth form, giving Years 12–13 a choice of exit pathway. Instruction is in English, with a distinctive Mandarin–English dual-language programme in Early Years and Mandarin taught throughout.

The school is accredited by both the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the US-based Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), and is a member of Cambridge Assessment International Education, ACAMIS and FOBISIA. It additionally undergoes an internal annual quality review by the Deputy Master (External) of Dulwich College London. There is no published British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspection band — consistent with China's lack of a graded national inspectorate.

The most important fact for families is eligibility. As a Beijing-regulated international school, DCB admits foreign passport holders, HK/Macau/Taiwan permanent residents, and Chinese-passport holders who hold foreign permanent residence and can prove more than a year lived abroad. Ordinary mainland Chinese nationals are not eligible. Fees sit at the premium end of the Beijing market. China has no graded national inspectorate, so the tier reflects accreditation + curriculum depth — capped at A.