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Old Buckenham Hall School, Ipswich IP7

Brettenham Park, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 7PH

Old Buckenham Hall School, Ipswich IP7

10 simple reasons to choose Old Buckenham Hall School

Independent prep school and nursery in Ipswich.
For pupils aged 3 to 13 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Around 30% of pupils board, 50% are full boarders and 50% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 3.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Old Buckenham Hall School fees range from £3,596 (Rec) to £7,295 per term (2022/23). Full boarding fees range from £8,348 to £9,505 per term.

10 better reasons to choose Old Buckenham Hall School

Schoolsmith Score®; 90.
One of the best independent prep schools in Ipswich and one of the 3 best primary schools for 10 miles.
On average, 14.2 pupils per class and 10 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Destinations for Old Buckenham Hall School leavers are one of 20 different boarding schools. 40%-50% of pupils win awards and scholarships.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum. There are termly cross-curricular topics in pre-prep, and discrete subject teaching in prep. The curriculum also includes PSHCE, reasoning, French, Latin. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, computing, and languages throughout, for art, DT, and drama from Year 3, for science from Year 4, and for all subjects from Year 5.
Old Buckenham Explorers is an outdoor challenge, adventure, and leadership programme for Years 3 to 8. Mini Buckenham Explorers for pre-prep. Annual activity week for prep.
5 games/PE afternoons or double periods per week for all prep pupils. School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in hockey, skiing.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and over half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs, orchestra and 12 instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in over 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 8.20am to 5.40pm. Minibus service.

Find another school near Old Buckenham Hall School

Independent Prep Schools

Day: Finborough Preparatory School (6.7 miles); South Lee School (12.3 miles). Boarding: Finborough Preparatory School (6.7 miles); Culford Preparatory School (17.2 miles).

State Primary Schools

Kersey Church of England Primary School (7.9 miles); Somersham Primary School (11 miles); Hintlesham and Chattisham Church of England Primary School (13.1 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Day: Finborough School (6.7 miles); Brookes Cambridge (14.9 miles); Culford School (17.2 miles). Boarding: Finborough School (6.7 miles); Culford School (17.2 miles); Stoke College (18.2 miles).

State Senior Schools

Hadleigh High School (9.6 miles); Debenham High School (18.7 miles); Thurston Community College (19.6 miles).

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