Ipswich High School is a co-educationalprivate school for day and boarding pupils between the ages of 3 and 19 at Woolverstone Hall near Ipswich, England. Formerly a private school for girls, it was converted to co-education in 2018.
Ipswich High School was opened as a school for girls in the Assembly Rooms in Northgate Street, Ipswich, on 30 April 1878 with 43 pupils. The first headmistress, Sophie Youngman, held the position for 21 years. She was succeeded by Miss Kennett. In 1905 the Council of the Trust purchased a large private house and grounds in Westerfield Road, Ipswich and the school moved there.[citation needed]
Another house, Woodview House, was purchased in 1913.[citation needed] Owing to the continued expansion of the school and the demands of the modern curriculum, the decision was taken in 1992 to rehouse the school at Woolverstone Hall, a Grade 1 listed building set in 80 acres (320,000m2) of parkland on the banks of the River Orwell, the former premises of Woolverstone Hall School for boys (1951 to 1990).[citation needed]
Transition to mixed-sex education took place in September 2018 after it separated from the Girls' Day School Trust.[2] The change to co-education received mixed responses from parents and alumnae.[3]As of 2020[update] the school serves a wide area of Suffolk and north Essex, taking girls and boys aged 3–18 years and providing both primary, secondary school and sixth form education, where pupils take A-Levels.
Governance
Following acquisition of the school by London and Oxford Group (LOG) in 2017, the principal and the chair of governors remained in their positions,[1] reporting to the ownership subsidiary Ipswich Education Limited (IEL).
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