| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Reference Number | GDS/12/10 |
| Title | Ipswich High School |
| Date | [1895]-1998 |
| Description | Various papers regarding Ipswich High School including original file list; historical papers; premises papers; prospectuses; papers regarding boarding houses; papers regarding further education for pupils over the age of 17 at the school; a printed circular; regulations; head mistress's reports; papers regarding distinguished old girls; school magazine; correspondence; press cuttings; and correspondence regarding the governance of the school. |
| Extent | 2 folders. |
| AdminHistory | Ipswich High School was opened in the Assembly Rooms on Northgate Street on 30th April 1878 with 43 pupils under head mistress Sophie Youngman. In May 1907 the school moved to 26 Westerfield Road and from 1913 leased 28 Westerfield Road (Woodview House) for the domestic science department. In 1917 the school started an advanced course in science which was followed in 1920 by an advanced course in modern studies. In 1921 the junior school moved into Fernleigh House on Westerfield Road. In 1992 the school moved to Woolverstone Hall, a Grade 1 listed building. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Related Material | The main records of the school are still in the possession of Ipswich High School. Inspection Reports were also originally held in the file but were removed at a later date when the records were held by the Trust. A published history of the school can be found in GDS/23/2/8. |
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