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Category: Principal’s Blog

From the Principal #142

18th March 22

The theme of family has been running through College this week and in the world press. Families who have been affected by the crisis in Ukraine. Families who have been…

From the Principle #141

11th March 22

When I led our weekly assembly this week, I flagged to the students it was looking like a busy week, as well it has proved, with lessons, activities, Student Council…

From the Principle #140

4th March 22

This has been a vibrant and busy week at DLD College London with opportunities and learning coming in a variety of forms including cake sales, pancake races, waffle making, original…

From the Principle #139

25th February 22

Welcome back to the start of the second half of this spring term. I hope you enjoyed the half-term holiday and squeezed as much of the metaphorical half time orange…

From the Principle #138

11th February 22

And so the halftime whistle is about to blow, and after we have taken our slice of orange, taken shelter from the rain and wind and had any scrapes and…

From the Principal #137

4th February 22

Earlier last week, Jessica and I were asked to write the From the Principal for the final time, and I was surprised to find that it had been a year…

From the Principal #136

31st January 22

This edition of ‘From the Principal’ is actually ‘From the Bursar’ and I feel privileged to be standing in for Irfan this week and writing this week’s edition, as in…

From the Principal #135

21st January 22

I have been delighted and impressed by my recent welcome to the DLD community by students and staff alike over the past three weeks. As a newcomer the College feels…

From the Principal #134

14th January 22

This has been another packed week as we race through the Spring Term. It has been excellent to see the focus of our students taking public examinations, and we wish…

From the Principal #133

7th January 22

Happy New Year! Welcome back to 2022. I hope you and your loved ones had a peaceful and relaxing Christmas holiday and are looking forward to what the new year…