Ipswich School A GSG School
- Ipswich School
Henley Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 3SG - Head: Mr Nicholas Weaver
- T 01473 408300
- F 01473 400058
- E admissions@ipswich.school
- W www.ipswich.school
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Suffolk
- Pupils: 1,153
- Religion: Multi-faith
- Fees: Day £12,705 - £19,704; Boarding £36,639 - £40,365 pa
- Open days: September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
‘No one coasts here,’ says the headmaster, ‘we are looking to raise expectations for all our pupils and widen their horizons beyond the expected goal of exam success.’ ‘They really do encourage a positive mind set, always looking for improvement rather than simply results.’ The relatively ‘mature’ classrooms and laboratories do give the school a character which pupils respond to, ‘We like the wood and dark corridors, the solidness of it – people have been here before us!’ Indeed, and the atmosphere of learning, ‘something in the water’ as a parent phrased it, is...
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.
Lodge Day Nursery: 3 months to 4 years
Prep School: 5 to 11 years
Senior School 11 to 18 years ...Read more
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2010, Nicholas Weaver MA (Cantab) engineering, previously deputy head of Portsmouth Grammar School. After his degree and ICI-funded placements on Teesside decided engineering was not for him, thought about the law before settling on teaching. This led to a first post at the Leys, Cambridge, which confirmed his decision. ‘My subject and career advice to pupils is always one hundred per cent to follow your heart. Our job is to offer the widest possible breadth of opportunity for pupils to take their potential wherever it leads.’ Became deputy head (academic) at Portsmouth Grammar School in 2007 following seven years as head of physics at Radley College.
Elegant, pin-striped appearance but pupils also tell us he is ‘famous for his purple suit’, so traditional with ‘an edge’? His large, book-lined study...
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Subject results
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Special Education Needs
The Learning Support Department offers expert support to pupils throughout the school from Year 7 to 13. There are three members of staff including a Dyslexia Specialist Teacher and a teacher qualified to teach English as an Additional Language. We have experience working with pupils with a broad range of SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) and EAL (English as an Additional Language), as well as those with organisational issues or those who are not performing in line with expectations. Support sessions are scheduled either outside lesson time or on a rota so that the disruption to learning is minimised. We work closely with classroom teachers, parents and, of course, the pupils themselves to ensure that provision is tailored to the individual’s needs, including differentiation in lessons, examination access arrangements and ICT support. Pupils can also drop into the department for help at any time.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | Y |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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