The prestigious ‘The Sunday Times’ Parent Power Schools Guide has named Ipswich School as one of the top ten schools in East Anglia, and the top independent school in Suffolk, an accolade which the school has now held for seven years in a row.
The guide ranks schools by their A Level and GCSE exam grades from this summer’s exams, the first taken since the Covid pandemic led to school and teacher assessed grades for two years.
Headmaster Nicholas Weaver, said: “We are delighted once again to see that we are recognised in this guide for our academic excellence. Our teachers have a genuine passion for their subjects and a steadfast belief in the potential of our pupils. If students enjoy their learning and are encouraged to be intellectually curious then results such as these will naturally follow.”
He added: “We are a very popular choice in East Anglia and whilst our excellent academic results contribute to this, we know that it is our exceptional co-curricular offering and the care we take for all in our community that makes us a destination school.”
This accolade follows a number of recent successes for the school. The ISI Inspection report released last month showed that both the Senior School and Prep School were graded as Excellent – the highest possible grade – for both the quality measures which the inspectors judge: the quality of pupils’ academic and other achievements and the quality of pupils’ personal development.
The Senior School was also runner-up as Co-Educational Independent School of the Year – the only school in the region to be acknowledged in this way in these awards.
