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Ipswich School
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| Established | October 13, 1528 |
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| School type | Private |
| Headmaster | Ian Galbraith |
| Location | Ipswich, England, United Kingdom |
| Students | Around 1000 |
| Website | http://www.ipswich.suffolk.sch.uk |
Ipswich School is a private day and boarding school in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, serving pupils of both sexes from two to eighteen years of age. The school is designated as having a "Church of England" Religious Character as defined in "The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2005 (No. 1195)".
Located north of the town centre, the school's main buildings are a distinctive example of Victorian architecture, with Tudor style brick. It has several annexes, including a preparatory school, a large boarding house and extensive sport fields. A new preparatory school has recently been constructed, costing £3.8 million, which has allowed the former preparatory buildings to be converted into new sixth form facilities.
Ipswich School was founded (in its current form) in 1528 by Sir Thomas Wolsey after the dissolution as a model school based on the principles of the new Church of England. (The King's School, Ipswich). There had been older educational institutions in the town (including St. Mary's College) which were absorbed into this new college. The oldest of these schools is first recorded as existing in 1299.
The current headmaster is Ian G Galbraith, preceded by Dr John Blatchley. The school runs many activities including Debating, Economics Club, Sub Aqua, Life Saving, Duke of Edinburgh, Symphony and Intermediate Orchestras, Wind Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, School and Chapel choirs, the 6th form Enrichment program, Fives and Squash Club, as well as having a combined cadet force.
The school contains six different 'houses', in which pupils from year 9 onwards are filtered into. These being; Holden, Rigaud, Sherrington, School, Broke and Felaw.
The school has a single large boarding house which is called Westwood.
The school continues to flourish under an independent, fee-charging basis, and does very well in league tables and with university entrances, sending about 10 pupils on average to Oxford and Cambridge every year
In cricket, Ipswich School's staff includes the former Essex players Ray East, Adrian Brown, and Andrew Golding. The school's most notable sporting acheivment is in Field Hockey, in which it has competed at national schools level, having successfully won the indoor hockey national title earlier this year (citation needed). The school also has four pupils belonging to the British lions squad (between years 9-11), as well as a notable number of players who are in the suffolk regional teams. Traditional sports also continue,with Ipswich School's fives players, generating much success in inter-school tournaments.
Old Ipswichians include:
- H. Rider Haggard, author of King Solomon's Mines and She.
- Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, Nobel Laureate, Physician who coined the word synapse.
- Thomas Wolsey, Lord Chancellor of England, Head of Roman Catholic church in England
- Sir Robert Hitcham, 17th century Judge and member of parliament. (Gray and Potter (1950). Ipswich School 1400 to 1950, pp. 47. )
- Philip Broke, Commander HMS Shannon, decorated hero of the Royal Navy
- Edward Ardizzone, artist
- Charles Keene, artist, Punch
- Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Commander of English forces, Battle of the Flodden.