Woolverstone, Ipswich, Suffolk IP9 1AZ
10 reasons to choose Ipswich High School, Prep School
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Ipswich High School, Prep School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Ipswich and one of the 10 best primary schools for 7 miles.
School fundamentals
Ipswich High School, Prep School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. Some lessons taught separately to boys and girls from Year 5. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Ipswich High School, an all-through school to age 18, and is owned by the London & Oxford Group. Ipswich High School, Prep School fees range from £4,070 (Rec) to £4,730 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
Ipswich High School, Prep School usually has one class per year, sometimes two, and an average class size of 15 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Prep School pupils move up to Ipswich High School.
The Ipswich High School, Prep School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish. Subjects are taught separately, but there are many opportunities for cross-curricular learning through the ‘integrated curriculum’. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6. All pupils have Forest School and Beach School sessions.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, and languages throughout, for science from Year 5, and for art and DT in Year 6.
Sport at Ipswich High School, Prep School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Ipswich High School, Prep School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the integrated curriculum and co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and four instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Ipswich High School, Prep School
St Joseph’s College Prep School (4.3 miles); Ipswich Preparatory School (5.6 miles); Orwell Park School (6.1 miles).
St Mark’s Catholic Primary School, Ipswich (5 miles); St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, Ipswich (5.3 miles); Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery (5.4 miles).
Ipswich High School (0 miles); Royal Hospital School (3.3 miles); St Joseph’s College, Ipswich (4.3 miles).
Northgate High School (6.6 miles); St Alban’s Catholic High School (6.8 miles); Kesgrave High School (8.9 miles).