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The school was founded on 6 October 1997 and is located at No. 18, Adebayo Doherty Road, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, Nigeria. Dowen College Lagos is a co-educational secondary school offering both day and boarding facilities and teaching both the Nigerian and British curricula. The school has earned international recognition, including accreditation by the British Council for developing the International Dimension in the Curriculum. It participated in the International School Award and received an Award of Excellence from the British Council on January 27, 2023.
The Dowen College Lagos community offers a broad range of co-curricular activities including clubs such as Mathematics Club, Charity Club, Chess, Drama, Home Makers, and Choir, along with sports. Students undertake community service such as traffic control, work with the Mother Less Babies Home, and peer tutoring at neighboring public schools. The library is well-stocked and classrooms are equipped with projectors and ICT resources, supporting learning in a collaborative environment. Parents engage through an open door policy and structured engagement programmes, including a termly Parent's Forum and Open Days.
The school has a Parent's Partnership that provides a Parent's Forum each term, Open Day twice each term, Weekly Newsletters, and Homework Diaries to keep parents informed and involved. The open door policy enables parents to meet with management staff at any time to discuss pertinent issues. There is a dedicatedParent's Forum, Open Days, and regular communication to support collaboration among parents, staff, and students.
Dowen College Lagos is a private, co‑educational secondary school in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, offering both day and boarding facilities. It teaches Nigerian and British curricula: the Nigerian programme leads to BECE (NECO), Cambridge Checkpoint is taken in Year 9, and in Senior School students sit the WASSCE and IGCSE in Year 12. The school serves students aged roughly 10 to 18. Dowen has British Council accreditation for developing the International Dimension in the Curriculum, has participated in the International School Award, and received an Award of Excellence from the British Council in January 2023. Facilities include a multipurpose court, a well‑maintained swimming pool, an Ultra‑modern Library with over 3,000 titles, air‑conditioned classrooms, and laboratories for Basic Science, Basic Technology, Agric Science, ICT, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Technical Drawing; the ICT Laboratory offers unlimited internet. On‑site sick bays, boarding options, and access to Lifeline Children's Hospital nearby support wellbeing. The school prepares students for external exams (SAT, TOEFL, IELTS) and operates an internal scholarship scheme with high entrance scores and term averages, with strong tertiary education progression.
