Awards
We have most recently won Talk Education’s Awards for Innovation in Education 2023 for our work in future proofing students, preparing them for the careers of the future and giving them key skills to succeed.
Over the past five years, we have won multiple awards, most notably in the Independent School of the Year Awards, winning the much coveted Boarding School of the Year and also receiving the accolade of the Special Judges’ Award for Independent School of the Year. The school is recognised for its unique space in the independent education sector as it innovates and leads new ways of delivering education and pastoral care, while striving to create unique learning opportunities for its students.
A full list of our successes are listed below and are in recognition of the effort that DLD expends to providing a high-quality education, offering state-of-the-art boarding, supporting students at the highest levels with their personal development and wellbeing, and creating extraordinary young adults who progress onto some of the top universities in the UK and abroad.
| Awards | Category (click the category title for full details) | Result |
| Academic Year 2023/2024 | ||
| Talk Education’s Awards for Innovation in Education 2023 | Entrepreneurship and Business | Winner |
| Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2024 | London Independent School of the Year | Finalist |
| LuxLife Magazine – Private Education Awards | Independent Boarding School of the Year 2023 | Winner |
| Academic Year 2022/2023 | ||
| Independent Schools’ Association (ISA) Awards 2022 | Excellence and Innovation in Art & Design | Highly Commended |
| Talk Education’s Awards for Innovation in Education 2022 | Thinking Beyond the Curriculum | Finalist |
| Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2022 | International Student Experience (for a consecutive 3rd year) | Finalist |
| Boarding School of the Year (winner in 2020) | Shortlisted | |
| Academic Year 2021/2022 | ||
| Boarding Schools’ Association Awards 2022 | Supporting International Boarders | Finalist |
| Best New INDEX Initiative (inclusion & diversity excellence) | Finalist | |
| Independent Schools’ Association (ISA) Awards 2021 | Excellence and Innovation in Mental Health and Wellbeing | Winner |
| Excellence and Innovation in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion | Finalist | |
| Excellence in Pupil Personal Development | Finalist | |
| Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2021 | International Student Experience | Finalist |
| Academic Year 2020/2021 | ||
| Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2020 | Boarding School of the Year | Winner |
| Special Judges’ Award – Independent School of the Year | Winner | |
| International Student Experience | Finalist | |
| Independent Schools’ Association (ISA) Awards 2020 | Innovation in Pupil Voice | Winner |
| Boarding Schools’ Association Awards 2021 | Wellbeing & Mental Health Initiative Award | Winner |
| TES Independent Schools Awards 2021 | Wellbeing Initiative of the Year | Highly Commended Finalist |
| Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools | Boarding School Mental Health Award | Gold – 1st school in the UK to receive this award |
| Academic Year 2019/2020 | ||
| TES Independent Schools Awards 2020 | Boarding School of the Year | Finalist |
In addition to these awards, DLD College London is also featured in the Good Schools Guide, Tatler Schools Guide and is a Talk Education Top 250 school.
