Welcome from our New Headmaster

It is our honour to welcome Dulwich College Suzhou’s new Head of College - Mr David Massiah who is a professional and experienced leader, bringing us new perspectives and outlook.

David Massiah

Mr Massiah has worked in leading IB schools, K-12, in South America, such as at Newton College for 9 years, the first IB school in Peru. He was also the LAHC Executive Headteacher at Redland School in Chile, which is an UWC affiliative school. He has been a Director of Studies (5 years) and Director of Extended Curriculum (4 years) whole school, taught IB DP English in Senior School, overseen the middle school programs running IGCSEs and MYP, been a PYP Exhibition mentor (IB Primary School program) and supported Kindergarten classes. He has also overseen regional education projects connected to student leadership, sustainability and MUN. He joined the Dulwich/EIM group in 2020 as Head of Dulwich College Yangon. In the following year, he started the role as Education Director across the EIM group.

Mr Massiah graduated from Cambridge University in English Literature and Language, and PGCE in 2000. In 2008, he completed his MA/PGDE in International Education and Development from the University of East Anglia in England. He has obtained many awards during this career such as the "Teacher of Excellence" award from Stanford university in October 2013 and the ‘Global Best Teacher Award’by ESU, English Speaking Union, in 2020. 

Let’s see a warm welcome from Mr Massiah!

This Thursday saw our first day back to school in the new academic year. All students received warm welcomes from our teachers and staff. Here are some lovely moments.

Mr Massiah is looking forward to working closely with parents and alumni of DCSZ and across the EIM group to use their feedback and industry connections to aid our students to develop their passions and research. 

On 28 August 2007, DCSZ welcomed the first group of students and our exciting journey was kicked off from there. This year marks a special milestone, our 15th birthday, anniversary and we  look forward to celebrating with you. We wish all of our students and families a nice start of the year! We wish all of our students and families a nice start of the year!