Ibstock Place School A GSG School

What the school says...

With it’s beautiful botanical feel, spacious eight-acre campus and joyful, nurturing culture, Ibstock creates the perfect environment in which children are inspired to achieve.

Offering a truly balanced education, the school combines a traditional and challenging academic curriculum with an extensive range of co-curricular opportunities.

Championing co-education since its founding in 1894, Ibstock Place prides itself on its nurturing culture, diverse environment, and outstanding teaching.

Our school is a restless one and our days are busy; we seek to give our pupils a vigorous and eclectic experience of what it is to be part of a ceaselessly self-improving community. We decry the notion of a single Ibstock ‘type’ but rather, we celebrate difference and diversity. Nevertheless, we find common cause in our commitment to one another and to the betterment of our wider community; more than anything, personal growth comes from giving to others.

While we take great pride in our pupils' outstanding academic results, their success extends far beyond these narrow metrics of academic achievement. In fact, it is the breadth of their other accomplishments that provides us with particular confidence and satisfaction. Our curriculum architecture strikes a careful balance between personalisation and prescription, and we delight in providing opportunities for our pupils to go far beyond the curriculum. These range from our huge co-curricular offering (over 130 clubs and societies), championing oracy from a young age, ensuring sport, expressive arts and technology are vital parts of school life and encouragement of pupil-led initiatives, such as the multi award-winning pupil publication ‘The Wall’ or ‘The Slightly Scientific’ podcast.

We continue to grow and develop our excellent facilities with a stunning, two-storey glass fronted library, state-of-the-art theatre, music technology studio, brand new innovation centre with esports arena, wellbeing centre, swimming pool and RIBA award-winning wood-panelled refectory all contributing to an incredible learning environment.

At our core, we understand that schools should be places of joy. Childhood is precious, and our young people flourish because they learn in an environment which is at once challenging and supportive, ambitious and yet kind. Our vision is one of a listening and inclusive school, one which values the voice of all of its members. We encourage everyone to use it, and to use it well; collectively, it’s those voices which make us ever better. ...Read more

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