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Ipswich High School, Suffolk

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508:, which is viewable from classrooms in the Prep School and Orwell House (the Senior teaching block) with sports pitches on the front lawn and church field. Students dine in the Orangery and Orwell Kitchen, situated in the main building which is also used as a wedding and events venue out of school term time. The Art School is located in a specialist building adjacent to the stables and the Food (Lord Belstead Room) and DT rooms are located on the other side of the stables. The school has plans to convert the grand stable block into a new Sixth Form centre in the future. 940: 334: 438: 22: 374:
in Northgate Street, Ipswich, on 30 April 1878 with 43 pupils. The first headmistress, Miss Sophie Youngman, held the position for 21 years and the school flourished and expanded under her leadership. She was succeeded by Miss Kennett and, in 1905, the Council of the Trust purchased a large private
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Following acquisition of the school by London and Oxford Group (LOG) in 2017, the principal and the chair of governors remained in their positions, reporting to the ownership subsidiary Ipswich Education Limited (IEL). Members of the Senior Leadership Team are identified on the school's official
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playing field, indoor swimming pool, large theatre, award winning boarding houses (The Barns and Dairy House) and sports hall. Extensive formal gardens remain from the historic estate and can be enjoyed by the pupils. The grounds extend to the
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Woolverstone Hall, a Grade I listed paladian mansion, houses the Sixth Form, Geography Dept, Dance Studio, Music Department, Head's study, main reception, offices and the Orwell Kitchen. Facilities include an
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Another house, Woodview House, was purchased in 1913. Owing to the continued expansion of the school and the demands of the modern curriculum, the decision was taken in 1992 to rehouse the school at
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was effected in September 2018. The change to co-education received mixed responses from parents and alumnae. As of 2020 the school serves a wide area of
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Alumni of the former Woolverstone Hall School are affiliated through formal recognition of its Old Boys’ Association in the alumni community.
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house and grounds in Westerfield Road, Ipswich. The move provided a more modern classroom standard, science laboratories and a playing field.
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The school was ranked 16th in the ‘East Anglia independent schools’ category in the 2023 `Sunday Times parent power rankings.
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Ipswich High School for Girls changes name to Ipswich High School and will accept boys from 2018
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set in 80 acres (320,000 m) of parkland on the banks of the
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Ipswich High School was opened as a school for girls in the
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Private day and boarding school in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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Woolverstone Hall
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