Welcome to
Senior School
Located within our beautiful 87-acre campus, our Senior School is a remarkable place for your son or daughter to continue their educational journey.
Our small classes of enthusiastic pupils and inspirational teachers result in happy pupils who have a love of learning and achieve outstanding academic results. As well as the ability to build their bespoke curriculum from Year 9, our pupils have a full and exhilarating programme of daily enrichment activities that take their learning beyond the classroom.
It is our incredibly welcoming and friendly community that sets us apart. We inspire our pupils to achieve more than they previously thought possible. We do this by providing them with the widest possible range of experiences both inside and outside the classroom, to broaden their minds and create new opportunities for every pupil to thrive.
At Ipswich High School we are renowned for ensuring our pupils are equipped to be so much more than highly skilled at passing exams. We believe great results are a by-product of an outstanding education. We provide the widest possible range of experiences, both in and outside of the classroom, to create new opportunities for every pupil to thrive.
Ms Kaye Extance – Head of Senior School
Curriculum
Whatever your child’s starting point, they will receive an outstanding academic experience at Ipswich High. Year-on-year, our students receive exceptional GCSE and A Level results and enter some of the most prestigious universities.
The breadth of our curriculum across the Senior School is impressive and offers a unique and progressive educational experience. In Year 7 and Year 8, pupils experience a wide variety of subjects, allowing them to make a more informed decision when selecting the areas of study they wish to continue in Year 9 in preparation for their GCSEs in Years 10 and 11. As well as the core GCSE subjects, we offer 16 optional subjects for our pupils to choose from.
Whichever stage your son or daughter joins us, they will be studying alongside hard-working, ambitious and friendly young people who, like them, want to have the best possible chance of achieving their dreams.
Senior School Timetable
Life in Senior School
Our Senior students start their day at 8:35am for registration and the day finishes at 4:20pm in time for the coaches which leave at 4:35pm. School ends at 3:25pm on Friday. We offer Wraparound Care before and after school for Senior pupils from 7:30am to 6pm every Monday to Friday. They can also attend Day+ which allows our students to have supper and join the Boarding House for their evening activities before they are collected at 9:00pm.
7.30am
Breakfast club
8.35am
Registration
9.00am
Period 1
9.55am
Break
10.15am
Period 2
11.15am
Period 3
12.10pm
Enrichment 1
12.50pm
Lunch
1.35pm
Period 4
2.35pm
Period 5
3.40pm
Enrichment 2
4.20pm
End of School Day
4.30pm
After School Club & Day+
8.30pm
Day+ Students Depart
Pastoral Care
The PSHE Programme is delivered by a dedicated team, as well as external speakers, as part of the Pastoral curriculum. Topics include relationships, values, deadlines and revision techniques, puberty, money, dealing with conflict, managing change, safety (including online safety) and friendships. As part of the Pastoral curriculum in the Senior School, pupils enjoy various Wellbeing initiatives including Wellbeing Week, Teambuilding Days, Outdoor Escapades, Wellbeing Assemblies and our daily Enrichment Programme. As pupils move through the school, they will undertake training to become Peer Mentors who are able to support our younger pupils.
We also have a full-time professional counselling service available to our pupils should they want to access this support.
