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PREPARATORY SCHOOL<br />
Overview<br />
Dover Court Preparatory<br />
School was founded in 1972<br />
by Ernest E Alliot on the site<br />
of the former British military<br />
barracks on Dover Road,<br />
Singapore. The school was<br />
founded with the vision to<br />
provide education for<br />
children under the age of 13,<br />
at a time when schools for<br />
this age group were in short<br />
supply. Originally consisting<br />
of very few buildings, the<br />
majority of which were preexisting<br />
military dormitories,<br />
the school housed both day<br />
and boarding students,<br />
teaching infant classes and<br />
holding assemblies, as well as<br />
celebratory days and trips.<br />
Above: Dover Court Preparatory School Ernest<br />
Alliot Building, 1970's<br />
Above: Dover Court Preparatory School Main<br />
Building, 1970's<br />
In its early years, the school was the first of<br />
its kind to accommodate both day and<br />
boarding students, the majority of whom<br />
were from neighbouring countries.<br />
Boarders took part in a diverse range of<br />
activities including school trips, and<br />
sporting events, however, the boarding<br />
component of the school was discontinued<br />
in the 1990s.
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