Ipswich Academy

For the school in Flintshire, Wales, see Holywell High School.

Ipswich Academy
Location
Braziers Wood Road Ipswich , Suffolk , IP3 0SP England
Coordinates	52°02′14″N1°11′35″E / 52.03721°N 1.19297°E / 52.03721; 1.19297
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	"Teach the right things, efficiently." - Paradigm Trust
Department for Education URN	136453 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governors	David Willis
Principals	Adam Wilding
Staff	70
Gender	Mixed
Age	11to 16
Enrolment	approx. 1200
Colours	Black and Purple
Former name	Holywells High School
Website	http://ipswichacademy.paradigmtrust.org/

Ipswich Academy (formerly Holywells High School) is a mixed secondary school in Ipswich, Suffolk for students aged 11 to 16. Since September 2010, it has been an Academy.

It has the capacity for over 1,300 students but had around 900 as of 2021. It has a large sports complex and a large multipurpose sports pitch.It has a large indoor sports facility. It also has a main area with a library with a Sixth Form block, and it is building new ball game courts on one of the surrounding fields.

History

In September 2010, Holywells High School become an academy, originally ran by the Learning Schools Trust, and was renamed Ipswich Academy. ^[1] In September 2015, Paradigm Trust - a multi-academy trust formed in September 2013 - took over operation of the academy. ^[2]

Ipswich academy was rebuilt and reopened on the Gainsbrough estate on the 29th September 2013 by the education secretary at the time Michael Gove As an open plan school, but this was changed shortly after due to noise issues. Paridigm Trust took over the school in 2015 after a series of damning ofsted reports, and leading to the later collapse of the learning schools trust.

In 2019, Ipswich academy received a ‘Good’ rated report from ofsted after years of improvement, and soon after a new principal, Abbie Thorrington, a professional Triathlon competitor, took over.

References

1. Hollie-Rae Merrick (2 March 2011). "Ipswich: High school has first day as town's new academy". Ipswich Star . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
2. Beeby, Adrian. "Ipswich Star" . Retrieved 9 May 2018.

External links

• School homepage