Did Dulwich College tolerate pupils' bigotry and racism...?

[Mav]

1 hour ago, HeadNun said:

True - many public schools feature regularly. Dulwich does stand out as one of schools that gets frequent mentions and nothing seemed to come of it. I think there was an investigation into a pupil at another London fee paying school, somewhere west, can't recall the name now. 

That wasn’t my point. My point is that Everyone’s Invited has submissions from across the full spectrum of educational establishments: state and private; junior, senior and universities. There are 108 pages of institutions with about 80 institutions per page. To say it is Dulwich College and maybe some other fee paying schools is wide of the mark in the extreme. 

[HeadNun]

I know, back when it was in the news, I read most of it. I said many public schools feature, I didn't say it was exclusively public schools. And Dulwich was one of the schools that stood out to me because I know it, and some of the stories I read stuck in my memory.

[Pugwash]

In the 1960s my husband went to a private day school, Although he was a bright child having won a couple of scholarships to other private schools, his father chose this particular one. He went from 11 - 14 years and left as unhappy with the set up which was based on ethnicity. All boys with both parents English were placed in the A stream regardless of academic ability, Boys with an Irish background were placed in B stream. All others were C streamed - this included boys with a Black or Asian  background, mixed race or mixed European background. His schooldays came to an end when he wished to learn Latin and he was told that no boy in C stream could participate in this subject. His father (not English) was very upset at this and withdrew him from the school and sent him  to a country boarding school.  The experiences he had with his schooling culminated in a breakdown of his mental health and several months in Maudsley. He had low self esteem and it took several decades for him to understand that it was the school system and not his ability which had failed him

[Jenijenjen]

Oh my goodness, this is really shocking 

[Sephiroth]

Not especially shocking - not to immigrants like me anyway 

but a dreadful experience for your husband Pugwash

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

2 hours ago, Mav said:

 To say it is Dulwich College and maybe some other fee paying schools is wide of the mark in the extreme. 

No doubt the schools in Harrogate are being discussed on the East Harrogate Forum or whatever. Dulwich College is being discussed because it's local. Saying "ooh, there were loads of schools mentioned" is a bit dismissive. It was Dulwich College that referred sex abuse allegations about pupils to the police and Dulwich College that used the spectre of the police to suppress dissent. 🤔

[ianr]

I've looked up previous media coverage and gather that the school warned pupils of the risk of police 'fines' for assembly under the extant Covid regulations.  Don't you think they might have felt it a duty, to both pupils and parents, to do so?

Edited 1 hour ago by ianr