Ipswich School, Ipswich | The Good Schools Guide

Ipswich School
Henley Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 3SG
Head: Mr Nicolas Weaver
T 01473 408300
F 01473 400058
E admissions@ipswich.suffolk.sch.uk
W www.ipswich.suffolk.sch.uk
An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 18.
Boarding: Yes
Local authority: Suffolk
Pupils: 1093; 45 full/weekly boarders (two-thirds boys); sixth formers: 235
Religion: Church of England
Fees: Day £11,394 - £14,979; Boarding £23,463 - £29,010 pa
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What The Good Schools Guide says..

Pupils are encouraged, even pushed, to work hard. Whilst not an academic forcing house, there is no place for coasting in the senior school. The brightest of the bright will be fast tracked – lessons before school for some. It has a medieval foundation (Cardinal Wolsey is an illustrious old boy) and the school’s history is well-recorded and treasured. In addition to the original, rather gloomy Victorian structure, there are some fine and functional 20th century buildings which adjoin each other by a series of passages, steps and covered ways. Later additions include the sports facilities...

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What the school says...

At Ipswich School we offer our pupils a supportive environment that encourages them to enjoy learning, grow in self-confidence and acquire a wide range of worthwhile interests. We believe that school should be a happy place where pupils receive a broad education that fires their imagination and develops their personality. High academic expectations are complemented by the development of values and skills that give them firm foundations for adult life. ...Read more

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2015 Good Schools Guide Awards

Excellent performance by Boys taking English Literature at an English Independent School (GCE AS level)
Best performance by Boys taking Russian at an English Independent School (GCSE)
Best performance by Girls taking Russian at an English Independent School (GCSE)

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Headmaster

Since 2010, Mr Nicholas Weaver BA (30s). Read engineering at Jesus College, Cambridge. Previously deputy head (academic) at Portsmouth Grammar, and before that taught physics at the Leys School, Cambridge, the Royal Grammar School, Guilford, and Radley College. Tall, elegant, with an approachable, unruffled manner. He is keen to develop what he calls the ‘growth mind-set’ – a strategy for developing the potential of all pupils, with a particular eye on those identified as academically able. The Academic Excellence Programme is designed for this ‘elite’ group, although open to all comers. Changes to senior management structure have resulted in a more streamlined, collegiate approach; all posts are now advertised externally. He is married and has three children, all at Ipswich Prep.

Prep school head since 2009, Mrs Amanda Childs BA...

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Special Education Needs

We are a selective school academically and one of our key criteria is to judge whether a boy or girl will be happy and successful at the school. We have a number of very able children who thrive here and receive support for special educational needs such as mild dyslexia. We do not offer specialist dyslexia support, though a few pupils receive this outside school. The main areas for support are in English and with general organisation. The usual recipients for help with English as an Additional Language are our overseas boarders (for whom it is included in the fees), though these lessons are also available for day pupils. As far as possible, pupils are not withdrawn from normal lessons for learning support or EAL. 10-09

Condition	Provision for in school
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder	Y
Aspergers	Y
Aspergers Syndrome [archived]
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders	Y
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders [archived]
CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia
Delicate Medical Problems [archived]
Dyscalculia
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
English as an additional language (EAL)
Epilepsy [archived]
Genetic
Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory
Has SEN unit or class
HI - Hearing Impairment
Hospital School
Mental health
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Natspec Specialist Colleges
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
PD - Physical Disability
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Special facilities for Visually Impaired
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
VI - Visual Impairment

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