Ipswich School A GSG School
- Ipswich School
Henley Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 3SG - Head: Mr Nicholas Weaver
- T 01473 408300
- F 01473 400058
- E [email protected]
- W www.ipswich.school
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Suffolk
- Pupils: 865; sixth formers: 251
- Religion: Multi-faith
- Fees: Day £15,501 - £16,923; Boarding £31,095 - £34,257 pa
- Open days: Open Morning - Saturday 25 September 2021
- 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..
Leading school in terms of exam results in the Ipswich area. ‘People sometimes lazily categorise us a as a hothouse,’ laments head. ‘We are selective but there is huge value-added; the co-curriculum provides a wealth of opportunities for students’ engagement.’ Growth mindset school, so Academic Excellence Programme rather than gifted and talented, with extra lessons for stretch and a specialised programme of talks and seminars. ‘The school is relatively agile while not being over-reactive to fads,’ explains head. ‘We move with the times’...
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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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 BA. 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. Urbane and apparently unrufflable, married with three children, all pupils at Ipswich School. Committed to developing in his students not just the skills needed for A*s but ‘the flexibility of mind to apply their knowledge to novel situations, using those high-level taxonomy skills which transfer across disciplines’. This has called for an intellectual approach to the academic curriculum at Ipswich and also the important and wide-ranging co-curriculum, mostly student-led, which is designed for balance above all else. ‘He is incredibly positive, dynamic, determined and clearly proud of the school and everything it stands for,’ said a parent. 'I...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
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 | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| 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 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Buckenham Hall School | 2020 | 1 | 1 | All Rounder Scholarship |
| Orwell Park School | 2020 | 4 | 4 | Sports Scholarship; Queen’s with Sport and Music; Queen’s with Music; Queens Scholarship |
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