Head - Ipswich High School

Head | Ipswich High School | Woolverstone Hall, Suffolk | Leading Independent day & boarding School for boys and girls | @ipswichhigh | History teacher

[Ipswich High PE @IHSPE]

Congratulations to Alev who won the 16 & Under Harpenden Open doubles against the second seeds. She also competed in the Open Regional Tour women's grade 3 finishing runner up only losing to the first seed after beating the second seed (ranked 90 places higher) in the semi final.

[Ipswich High School @IpswichHigh]

🏆 Sunday Spotlight on Sport 🏆
Another fantastic week of sporting success at IHS! 👏🏼

⚽ FOOTBALL
Huge congratulations to Isaac on an outstanding season! 🏆
Needham Market EJA U13s
🏅 League Winners
🏆 EJA Plate Finalists
🥉 National ACES Tournament Bronze Medallists
Achilles Suffolk League 1 U13s
🏅 League Winners
🏆 Suffolk Cup Winners
Suffolk County Schools FA
⚽ County representative
📅 Selected for U14 trials
An incredible season full of success and achievement. Well done Isaac!

⛷️ SKIING
Madeleine continued her excellent season, winning the U18 category on both days at the Norfolk & Viking Club Nationals 🥇🥇
A special well done to Katherine S, Felicity R, and Emily S, who all competed in their first Club National competition and rose brilliantly to the challenge

🏊 SWIMMING
Autumn and Willow F-H celebrated their first-ever Open Meet medals with bronze in the 200m Freestyle 🥉🥉
Nate also enjoyed a fantastic meet, winning double gold in the 50m and 100m Freestyle, while achieving a county-qualifying time in his first-ever 100m race! 🥇🥇
A special shout-out also goes to our Year 2 "Tumble Turners" and equally to Josh, Jack, and Alfred for their swimming achievements this week 👏

🏐 NETBALL
Congratulations to Isla B and the Suffolk Rockets U14 Performance Squad, who finished 4th at the England Netball Eastern Finals and have qualified for the National Finals in June! 🚀🏆

🏏 CRICKET
Our Year 5 pupils have been making the most of the sunshine, developing their cricket skills on the beautiful grounds of Woolverstone Hall ☀️🏏

#TeamIHS #SpotlightOnSport #IHSsport #IpswichHighSchool #InspiredHappySuccessful

[Head - Ipswich High School @mrdbrowning]

We will remember their sacrifice and the role that HMS Woolverstone played @IpswichHigh #DDay2026

[Ipswich High School @IpswichHigh]

A huge thank you to all families and children for attending our Step Into Year 7 2027 event. It was a pleasure to welcome familiar faces from the IHS community and meet many new families considering their next educational journey with us.

Among the activities on offer, pupils enjoyed creating the famous Elephant's Toothpaste experiment in our Chemistry Lab, producing an impressive eruption of foam while exploring chemical reactions and experiencing hands-on learning.

We hope you enjoyed the morning as much as we did, and we look forward to seeing you again soon. #StepIntoYear7 #IHSCommunity #STEMEducation #ChemistryInAction #FutureScientists

[Ipswich High School @IpswichHigh]

IHS Year 6 pupil, Rasmus, recently took part in the Year 7 and Year 8 Junior Mathematical Challenge and has been awarded a Gold Certificate! This is a remarkable accomplishment, particularly as he completed the paper a year early. Gold Certificates are typically awarded to the top 8% of participants nationally.

Well done Rasmus; we are all very proud of you.

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Teacher numbers plummet despite Labour's 'vindictive' private school tax to pay for more https://t.co/JStODEkNr6

[Head - Ipswich High School @mrdbrowning]

☀️ Pupils letting off steam after exams yesterday @IpswichHigh #exams #suffolk #wellbeing #sun

[Ipswich High School @IpswichHigh]

#TBT to when His Majesty King Charles III, then The Prince of Wales, visited Jimmy’s Farm with our pupils. Here he is with some of our Prep School children. Does anyone remember the year?

[Ipswich High PE @IHSPE]

Our prep pupils have been competing at the ISA Athletics today!

[Head - Ipswich High School @mrdbrowning]

🌹 The ‘Woolverstone Rose’ blooming in the sun today at the front of Woolverstone Hall - the rose is mentioned in our school song, ‘Ipswich High; Past, present, forever’ @IpswichHigh #suffolk #independantschool #rose 🎶 🇬🇧

[Ipswich High School @IpswichHigh]

Forest School is always a highlight for our Nursery and Prep pupils. 🌿
Outdoor learning helps create happy, confident children who love to explore.
Come and see for yourselves at our Forest School-inspired Stay & Play event for 2-5 year olds.

🗓️ Friday 19th June
⏰ 9:00am - 10:30am
📍 Woolverstone Hall, IP9 1AZ

Find out more and reserve your place here! https://t.co/UXWFCwa9k9
#HappyInspiredSuccessful #ForestSchool #SchoolEvents

[Ipswich High School @IpswichHigh]

#TBT to 2023 when Adam Peaty and the AP Race Clinics team visited Ipswich High School for an inspirational day of coaching, supporting both swimmers and parents throughout their swimming journey

@adamramsaypeaty
@apraceofficial
#teamGB #teamGBswim #adampeaty #independentschools #ipswichhighschool

[Ipswich High PE @IHSPE]

A huge well done to all our players who competed at the ISA National Tennis Competition last week. Great to see so many of you coming home with medals 🏅

[Ipswich High PE @IHSPE]

ISA National Triathlon 2026 🏃 🚲 🏊

[Ipswich High PE @IHSPE]

Athletics season is underway. A huge congratulations to all those that took part at the Yr 9 and 10 meets this week. The girls Yr 9 team came 2nd overall & despite an unavoidable closure on Tuesday, 8 Yr 10s came to compete with some getting footage for their GCSE practical 👏🏼

[Head - Ipswich High School @mrdbrowning]

🎭 Huge thanks to the IHSA for a wonderful Gala Ball last night at Woolverstone Hall @ipswichhighschool. A special thanks to the amazing @michaeljfitch who left us all speechless because of his stunning magic ✨#Suffolk #Independantschool

[Ipswich High School @IpswichHigh]

It has been such a pleasure to have hosted pupils and staff from The International School of Jakarta for the last week. I am so grateful to the IHS buddies who made them feel so welcome and to Mrs Eileen Fisher, the Director of ISJ for arranging this visit as part of our ongoing school to school partnership. The ISJ pupils were a credit to their school and we feel are proud to say that they are now part of our IHS family. 

Mr Dan Browning, Head

[Ipswich High School @IpswichHigh]

#TBT to how it all began under the Headship of Miss Youngman in 1878. By the time Sophie Youngman retired in 1899, the school had become a thriving and respected institution, shaping bright and pioneering young women. In 2019, a blue plaque was unveiled in her honour at the site of the Assembly Rooms.

[Ipswich High School @IpswichHigh]

We introduced a new initiative in the Orwell Kitchen last week; 'Love it or dislike it'. Pupils were given the opportunity to sample new menu ideas and then vote for which they 'loved, liked or disliked' but putting tokens in boxes.

This means we can make informed choices about adding new menu items, and this initiative will regularly run at lunchtimes. The score for the first sample menu was 208 'loved it' and 11 'disliked it' with the trial dish today being Korean BBQ Pulled Pork.

With thanks to Nick (Catering Manager) and Sarah (Head Chef), and the Wilson Vale team for this new initiative that will run every other week. #IpswichHighSchool #SchoolLife #StudentVoice

[Ipswich High School @IpswichHigh]

Here is the latest Spotlight on Sport. Have a fab Bank Holiday weekend :)

🏊Triathlon
What a fantastic day of athletics and great weather to boot as we hosted the ISA Triathlon! Well done to all competitors involved.

🤸Gymnastics
Well done to Year 12 pupil Sophia S travelled to Liverpool from 19–22 March to compete in the Gymnastics GB Championships. We are incredibly proud of her achievements, and it was fantastic to see her compete at such a high level. Well done, Sophia!

🏅Year 4 to 6 Swim Gala
Well done to everyone involved in the Year 4–6 Swim Champs this afternoon 👏🏼 It was fantastic to see you all competing and supporting one another. A big thank you to Mrs C and Mrs P for their organisation, and to everyone who helped time and run the event.

🏃Sports scholars 1
On Monday, our senior school sports scholars hosted an athletics event that they have been preparing in their enrichments last term.
It was lovely to see many siblings being able to work together and pupils who have been through our prep school giving back to the younger pupils.

🏃Sports scholars 2
Our sports scholars also ran a 5/6 athletics afternoon for our pupils and Finborough. They have spent their scholars sessions learning about leadership and working with young people and were able to implement these skills into running a very successful event. An amazing afternoon had by all.

🐎Equestrian
We continue to be incredibly proud of Charlotte who recently competed at Nationals and came 3rd out of 185 in the Show Jumping 70cm and 3rd out of 26 and 7th out of 36 in the Dressage.