Ipswich High School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary & Secondary
Post 16
PUPILS
531
AGES
3 - 19
GENDER
Co-Educations Day & Boarding School
TYPE
Other independent school
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Independent Inspection
Report
(05/03/2020)
Full Report - All Reports
95%
NATIONAL AVG. 38%
5+ GCSEs grade 9-4 (standard pass or above) including English and maths
96%
NATIONAL AVG. 45%
GCSE Grade 5 (strong pass) or above in both English and maths
54%
NATIONAL AVG. 59%
Top grades at GCSE (9-7)
35%
NATIONAL AVG. 11%
3 A levels at AAB or higher inc. two facilitating subjects
37%
NATIONAL AVG. 43.8
Top grades at A level (A*/A)
DATA
GUIDE

Secondary Data
Explained for parents
42.67
A level average point score
NATIONAL AVERAGE 35.48
B
+
Average A level result
NATIONAL AVERAGE B-
Day, Weekly and Full Boarding
Boarding Type
Available
Scholarship Status
£3,570
to
£5,645
Day Fees Per Term

Top Grades Compared With Other Schools

59% Independent Average Ipswich High School 54% GCSE
43% Independent Average Ipswich High School 37% A level

Top grades at GCSE (7-9) and top grades at A level (A*/A)


School Results Over Time

2019 2022 2023 21% 16% 35% 2020 Covid-19 2021 Covid-19

% of pupils who achieved 3 A levels at AAB or higher
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Woolverstone Hall
Suffolk
Ipswich
IP9 1AZ
01473 780201

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School Description

Founded in 1878, Ipswich High School has a longstanding reputation for offering an exceptional education and experience to pupils. We lead the way in education with an innovative and personalised curriculum, allowing the right amount of flexibility and support for each individual. We provide a strong, vibrant and thriving educational community for children aged 3 to 18, allowing our pupils to succeed and grow at all stages of their school education. Our beautiful 84-acre campus is located in Woolverstone, just outside Ipswich. The spacious site has superb facilities such as a theatre, ICT suites, a 25m swimming pool, Sixth Form suite, cookery rooms, dedicated music rooms and floodlit AstroTurf pitches. We also capitalise on our outstanding natural surroundings; our woodland provides an outdoor learning area for the Prep School, offering a unique, proactive learning experience in an ever-changing environment.

News, Photos and Open Days from Ipswich High School
Last update: 27 October 2022
WELCOME TO IPSWICH HIGH SCHOOL

Ipswich High School is a vibrant day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 3–18, set in a beautiful 87-acre campus in Woolverstone on the banks of the River Orwell. With approximately 490 pupils, everyone at Ipswich High School is well known as an individual. We have small classes of hard-working pupils and inspirational teachers who help to instil a love of learning; the results of which are exceptional academic outcomes year-on-year.

We are just as ambitious outside of the classroom and pride ourselves on the huge breadth of our co-curricular programme, as well as offering a home-away-from-home boarding environment in our stunning refurbished boarding houses, The Dairy House and The Barns, which have recently been awarded ‘Best Boarding House Extension or Refurbishment’ by the Boarding Schools' Association.

It is our incredibly welcoming and friendly community that sets us apart. We inspire our pupils to achieve more than they previously thought possible. We do this by providing them with the widest possible range of experiences both inside and outside the classroom, to broaden their minds and create new opportunities for every pupil to thrive. We understand that the world today requires young people to be so much more than simply good at passing exams. As a school, our vision is to prepare our pupils to thrive in the 21st Century by using their talents to improve the lives of others and through doing so, make their own unique mark on the world.

The school was founded in 1878 and since 1992 has been situated in the Grade I listed Palladian mansion, Woolverstone Hall. The school occupies 87 acres of beautiful parkland in a rural location just four miles outside the county town of Ipswich. The spacious site has been adapted well to the needs of a forward-looking school with superb facilities, including a 300-seat theatre, ICT suites, 25m indoor heated swimming pool, Sixth Form Centre, cookery rooms and AstroTurf pitch. The school capitalises on its outstanding natural surroundings: the woodland provides an outdoor learning area for the Prep School and the pond and parkland are often used for scientific research.

 

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MEET OUR HEAD, MR DAN BROWNING

Mr Browning joins Ipswich High School as Head having previously held the post of Headteacher at Wymondham College in Norfolk. Under his leadership, Wymondham College has enjoyed tremendous success, most notably in 2021/22 when the College was named as ‘Secondary School of the Year’ in the National Teaching Awards. It is currently amongst the highest performing schools in East Anglia with a rich co-curricular programme and holistic approach to education, enjoyed by over 1400 pupils, including 650 boarders.

Prior to joining Wymondham College, Mr Browning was Executive Principal of the two British Forces Schools in Cyprus, having moved there from his role as Senior Leader at Tending Technology College. Mr Browning is a Founding Member of the Chartered College of Teaching, a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, and a member of the Headteacher Advisory Board of the Princes’ Teaching Institute.

On joining Ipswich High School, Mr Browning said ‘I am enormously excited about becoming part of the wonderful IHS community. It was the enthusiasm, commitment and welcoming attitude demonstrated by every student I met that impressed me so much. I will join you from a school that has similar academic aspirations underpinned with a belief in the power of holistic education. I was attracted to Ipswich High School because of its heritage, clarity of vision and hugely dedicated and supportive staff."

 

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Pupils follow a broad and balanced curriculum from which they enjoy great academic success. In 2022, 54% of GCSE grades awarded were Levels 9-7. In total, over 47% of GCSE students achieved at least one Level 9 grade and more than 36% of pupils achieved grades of 9–8. At A Level, teachers and students alike were thrilled with the 100% A Level pass rate. Across the cohort, 35% of A Level grades were marked at A*–A and 64% achieved A*–B.

PRIVATE TOURS AVAILABLE

 

An Private Tour is your opportunity to:

- Tour our beautiful school campus 

- See what makes Ipswich High School so special

- Meet teachers and discuss how our tailored curriculum could benefit your child

- Find out more about the broad range of enrichment activities embedded in our school day

- Learn about the Admissions process and how to join the school

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Ipswich High School Catchment Area Map

This school is independently managed and its admission criteria may be selective. There is no set catchment area as pupils are admitted from a wide variety of postcodes and, in the case of boarding schools, from outside the UK. Contact the school directly or visit their website for more information on Admissions Policy and Procedures.