Ipswich School

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Ipswich School is a leading public boarding school in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The school serves both boarding and day pupils of both sexes from two to eighteen years of age.

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 school continues to flourish under an independent, fee charging basis, and does very well in league tables and with university entrances, sending many pupils to Oxford and Cambridge.

Located North of the town centre, the school's main buildings are a distinctive example of Victorian architecture, with Tudor style brick. It has annexes, including a preparatory school, a boarding house and extensive sport fields. A new preparatory school is being constructed which will allow the present preparatory buildings to be converted into a new sixth form centre.

The current headmaster is Mr Ian G Galbraith preceded by Dr John Blatchly.

There are nearly a thousand pupils in total, including the preparatory and pre-preparatory school pupils.

The six day houses at Ipswich School are, Broke, Felaw, Holden, Rigaud, School and Sherrington. The single large boarding house is Westwood.

Notable alumni

Old Ipswichian's include:

H. Rider Haggard, author of King Solomon's Mines and She.
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, coined the word synapse.
Thomas Wolsey, Lord Chancellor of England, Head of Roman Catholic church in England
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
Dr Mark Bailey, England rugby player
Colin Simpson, England rugby player
Henry Staunton, Businessman & media mogul
Geoffrey Rees-Jones, Welsh rugby player, scorer of winning try vs New Zealand, 1935
Edward Poynter, Artist, President of the Royal Academy & Baronet
Andrew Burt, War hero of the 2nd Scottish battalion during the first world war, is said to have destroyed German underground mine laying tunnels under the trenches over 15 times during the course of 1917 by personally blasting into the tunnels and going single-handedly into the German tunnels to destory German capabilities.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Matthew Jones, infamous for his involvement in the Afghan rebellion in southern Kabul during the summer of 2005, where he and his men (he was in charge of a Taliban fighting force which had been resurrected from the Hindukush Mountain system, where many Taliban fighters had gone into hiding after the US invasion). They captured the main part of the city, and took over from the Afghan Transitional Administration, before being pushed back by US forces gradually. They finally retreated on the 31st October 2005. The incident was played down by the US and UN, who wanted to make it seem as though the area was politically stable due to controversy over their original invasion in 2001.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
John Beevor, pupil of the school before moving to Russia and joining the Red Army to help support the Eastern Front in World War 2. He was involved in the Battle of Stalingrad, and took part in the vicious crossing of the River Volga. He died in 1945 fighting in the outskirts of Berlin.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

External links

[Ipswich School website]

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