Ditcham Alumni Connect

In 2021 we launched Ditcham Connect, an organisation managed by the school, to create a community in which former pupils, their parents, wider family, former staff, governors and patrons of the school can keep in touch.

We believe your connection with the school does not end when you leave.  You will always remain part of our Ditcham community and we would love to hear from you! Please use this site to contact us and to find out about forthcoming events and reunions.  There are a variety of ways to register your interest, click here for our contact details.

Ditcham Connect – Our Aims

As part of our plans to develop our alumni community, the Ditcham Connect team will:

• Establish and organise a regular and scheduled programme of School Reunions and get-togethers, whether in person at school or online. Our programme of events can be accessed here.
• Welcome and host former pupils individually or in smaller groups, for tours of the school where they are unable to attend an organised group reunion.
• Create and develop Ditcham Connect social media channels such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn so that each member of our alumni can keep in touch, and engage and contribute, by their preferred means online.
• Develop a Ditcham Park Alumni Gallery, online and in School.
• Provide opportunities to establish and develop Professional Connections enabling our community to connect with all generations for former pupils and staff, to help them seek advice and progress with their career.
• Facilitate and host Past Staff Association meetings. The Past Staff Association can be contacted at paststaff@ditchampark.com
• Involve our Ditcham Connect Community in our School, in the present and in the future by our “Give Back” programme.

The school is very keen to stay in touch with all past pupils and staff, and to utilise your expertise to help today’s pupils or our most recent leavers/newest alumni. Many of you have already agreed to be ‘on call’ to return to school to give talks, present prizes and be part of the new mentoring scheme and we invite others to get involved. Our current pupils would love to learn from your experiences and benefit from your help and advice. We aim to provide opportunities for alumni to contribute via Visiting Speaker programmes and involvement at Careers Events and work placements.

If you are keen to explore any of these options please contact Dr Annalisa Alexander, Director of Marketing and Community Engagement in the first instance.

We are in the process of establishing “The Ditcham Park Paddy Holmes Foundation” to provide former pupils, staff, or other friends of the school the means to donate to the School’s future in a variety of ways. We envisage this foundation will benefit future pupils by providing life-changing bursaries and/or involvement in future Ditcham Park facility developments.