We create
extraordinary
futures

explore your passions and fulfil your potential

At Ipswich School we inspire our pupils to explore their passions and create their own extraordinary futures.

Our consistently excellent academic reputation, with a broad and challenging curriculum, made us Suffolk’s top independent school in the Sunday Times Schools Guide for the last eight years.

We pride ourselves on dynamic and interactive lessons, with small class sizes. We have a strong pastoral system to support our pupils and our wellbeing provision has been shortlisted for two national awards this year. Most importantly, life at Ipswich School is busy and full, with all students taking part in a wide range of co-curricular activities outside the classroom.

We run an extensive bus service from across Colchester, North Essex and Suffolk to help
our families with the journeys to and from school. For those from further afield, we offer full or weekly boarding in our two boarding houses.

At the core of our education is a desire to inspire our pupils so that they leave us with a body of knowledge, a portfolio of skills and a strong sense of self-worth and self-knowledge. We want them to develop skills in collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking.

Your future begins here

Note from the Head

Our pupils realise their potential. We are very proud of our academic success as a top ten independent school in East Anglia. By the time children leave the Prep School they are generally about a year above national expectations, with some working considerably higher than this.  In the Senior School our GCSE and A Level results are outstanding and we are consistently at the top of local results tables.

Choosing a school is probably one of the biggest decisions parents have to make.  Whether you know Ipswich School already, or perhaps are choosing an independent school for the first time, we firmly believe that we create extraordinary futures for all our pupils.

Nick Gregory, Head of Ipswich School

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Student successes
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- The Lodge -

Ofsted rated 'Excellent' Nursery from 3 months to 4 years

- Prep -

Caring for children, encouraging learning

- Senior School -

Educating individuals to explore their passion and fulfil their potential

- Sixth Form -

Encouraging independence, building futures

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