IMPACT REPORT 2022
Thank you from the Headmaster
Thank you to all of you in our Ipswich School community who have supported the School in recent years.
We have been overwhelmed by the support you have given, and you will see in this Impact Report the ways in which we, as a School, have been able to do more and more as a result of your support.
You will see this year that there is a focus on how we have helped refugees, from the great success story of Tekle, from Eritrea, through to those current students we have taken in from Ukraine, providing them with educational opportunities against the turmoil in their own country.
We are so pleased, too, to see so many new donors giving to the School for the first time this year, as part of our Giving Day. We are delighted with the response that this community campaign has received, and that the work we are doing through our Founding Futures Bursary fund has touched the hearts of so many.
Whether it is through regular donations, a one-off gift on our Giving Day, volunteering or legacy gifts, your support continues to make a difference to the lives of our young people and we are so grateful to you all.
Yours sincerely
NICHOLAS WEAVER HEADMASTER
We are delighted to report on donations and pledges received during the last academic year, the majority of which have been directed to our two main funds as we seek to support more pupils.
The Bursary Fund
supports children on 100% fee assistance and is designed to open access to an Ipswich School education. This fund provides opportunity to those in our community whose potential far outweighs their income and for whom an education here is beyond their family’s means. The impact of a bursary can be life-changing for the recipient and allows them to access opportunities and connections that will last a lifetime.
The Phoenix Fund
is designed to step in when a family has an unexpected change in circumstances whilst at Ipswich School. This could be a loss of income through illness, job loss and redundancies or even the death of a parent. Keeping a child’s education stable during the formative years is crucial for stability and future attainment.
Numbers of families supported with hardship support since summer term 2021
Giving Day 2022
When we first started to think about holding a Giving Day we could not have foreseen the unbelievable response from our school community when we took the plunge in 2022. We have been overwhelmed by the kindness shown both to the school and to those we have welcomed this September. The day was brilliantly successful for our first event and raised over £109,000!
We were raising money for two funds here at Ipswich School; the Bursary Fund which helps to support children in the school on 100% fee assistance and the Phoenix Fund which steps in when a family experiences financial difficulty whilst at school.
The first day started with a bang as the entire senior school took part in a house challenge of collectively running 1399 laps of School field organised by Mr Morgan. What a morning, and what a start! Break time saw a huge cake sale under the library, and at lunchtime the sports hall was filled with pre-loved clothes that our Sixth Form pupils collected and arranged with support from Mrs King and Mrs Ward.
On day two the pupils enjoyed ice creams at lunch and, when Mr Welbourne organised a tug of war -
“it was impossible not to watch the truly herculean efforts of the teaching staff!”
Nicholas
Weaver, Headmaster.
In the end the Design and Technology team were victorious!
And let’s not forget the lead up to the day when prep pupils fulfilled a long-held wish to visit the tuck shop, and told us their favourite things about Ipswich School and their wishes for their futures.
The 36 hours really did unite the school community far and wide.
1399 laps
Tug of war
Ukrainian Pupil Update
This year we had a specific need to fundraise which arose from the war in the Ukraine. As a community we were compelled to act. We supported the countrywide efforts back in February when the school rallied to fill minibuses with supplies. We also had many pupil fundraisers including thousands raised by pupils who sold doughnuts at break time. We wanted to do even more and so we used our first Giving Day as a vehicle to help Ukrainian pupils to attend the school and bring some stability to their education. We have since welcomed five pupils from the Ukraine and they are flourishing.
The Giving Day has been a great way for the school community to get behind providing educational opportunity where it would otherwise be absent.
House
Competition
Winners: School House!
Winners of the Tug of War: Design & Technology team
Total Raised: £109,516 (inc Gift Aid)
Total Donors: 332
Total Gifts: 343
New Donors: 255
Countries Involved: 8
Average Donation: £224
Largest Donation: £10,000
Art and Textiles teacher, Ms Shevchenko is helping to support these five pupils. We hear from one of them here:
“Hello, I am very thankful to everyone who helped me to get into the school and have an opportunity to get my education normally. First, when I just arrived at the school I was a bit confused. I can say that I wasn’t used to this condition of living, by that I mean without any parents and no one. But now I am feeling really confident there, and I am having my life all in studying. The community in the Ipswich school is really good and friendly. All the teachers and students are helpful and pleasant. I am one more time very thankful to everyone who helped us to get into this school and I am pretty sure other Ukrainians would say the same thing! Thank you very much, great regards!”
Thank you to everyone who made this life changing support possible.
REBECCA’S STORY
“Sixth Form at Ipswich School was the leap-pad into my life. But, I’ll start back to front…”
I’m back working in Ipswich, 24 years later, running a charity, and OIs pop up all of the time to help us: volunteering, corporate sponsorship, and grant-giving. We’re called Dora Brown. We work with families, referred by social workers, who live in the worst home conditions; completely broken down, not even enough beds for the children.
Poverty, mental health, abuse, illness, so many factors squish to form catalysts, then the overwhelm creates a monster of zero self care, furniture and hygiene poverty. The homes are grim as sin. So, with a big crew of sturdy girl volunteers we transform them: clearance, deep cleaning, organising, and provision. We collect donated furniture and cosy homemaking bits, we work with a carpeting partner and we turn these homes into sanctuaries that nurture family wellbeing once more.
Rebecca May Marston (Left) (OI 1996-98)
How I ended up in the third sector, let alone social care, is nuts.
Post Ipswich, I went via London Contemporary Dance School, University of Bristol and Royal College of Art, into the significantly more glamorous and internationally jet-setting world of contemporary art exhibitions and sales. But now I’m here, happy as a pig in muck (a married mother of three), in the fetid depths of other people’s underbeds, patting gagging volunteers backs when we uncover something really gruesome and troubleshooting impossible-toreassemble Ikea flatpack. Otherwise I’m underpinning, resourcing and growing this it’s-desperatelyneeded-but-why-are-we-doingthis-? idea, my business partner and I had, to expand beyond Ipswich and surrounds.
“If I had to name the crux of what Ipswich School gave me: confidence”.
My two brothers and I were enabled to go to the school with means tested bursaries, we couldn’t have attended otherwise. The pastoral support we received, the nurture and care, owing to our challenging home situation was simply what we needed to thrive and strive. Robert is post-military and works for the Education Development Trust and
Jeremy’s a post doctorate maths professor researching vaccines.
My fondest memories? Mr Cavendish’s early modern history lessons were the highlight; his outrageous dramatic flair bringing it all to life, but mainly for the stories; he enthralled us and made us avid learners. Cromwellian rule forever etched in my subconscious.
What was missing? I had chicken pox the lesson that they taught grammar, but we can blame 80s pedagogy and Amberfield School for that. And anyway, Mr Welbourne was far more interested in us identifying river terraces in the field or ensuring that we understood how oxbow lakes were formed - helicoidal flow.
“It really is all still in there. Which speaks of a happy school kid who wanted to learn. No mean feat, and one I’m grateful to Ipswich for.”
Rebecca May Marston (OI 1996-1998). dorabrown.com or rebecca@dorabrown.com for more info and ways to help. Thanks guys.
TEKLE’S
“The help we have been able to offer to Tekle and the dedication and commitment he has shown to his studies makes me enormously proud of him. Our bursary provision is there to help deserving young people, no matter what their background and I believe that Tekle has taken this opportunity with both hands and goes into life with the skills he needs. Well done Tekle and thank you for giving so much back to Ipswich School.”
Ben Cliff, Head of Sixth Form
Tekle joined the school aged 18 in 2020 for two years of Sixth Form. Tekle was unable to be educated in the state system due to his age (ordinarily A-Levels are studied from ages 16 to 18). Tekle fled Eritrea looking for a better life, free from persecution. So at 14 he made the journey to the UK by himself with a feeling that our country would be best placed to help him. Tekle left the school this summer to pursue a career in engineering. In a letter to the school Tekle writes:
“I can scarcely believe that my time at Ipswich School has come to an end. It truly seems like just yesterday that I was buying my first uniform and getting ready for my first day of school. In these past two years I have grown into an honest, considerate, hardworking young man and I have Ipswich School to thank for that. The one-to-one attention that I received from the teachers has made me confident in my abilities and sparked my interest in many different subjects. I am especially thankful to the careers office where Mrs Hayes helped me to secure an apprenticeship with BT which I go onto now.
Playing football every Thursday also taught me the value of discipline and teamwork, traits that will serve me well throughout the rest of my life. More than anything else I would like to thank you for the opportunity I was given even though my age was above the others.
Ipswich has shaped my future, made me a strong candidate and opened my eyes to consider different opportunities. I am really excited to start a degree apprenticeship with BT.
I know I am just starting to climb the mountain but Ipswich School has played a big role. Ipswich School is a supportive community focused on giving each student the best education possible, and your leadership provided me with just that”.
Kind regards,
Tekle Berihu (OI 2020-22)
My time at Ipswich School
Colin Nears CBE (OI 1941-51)
I was born and raised in Ipswich and as a young boy attended Clifford Road Primary School. It seems I must have shown sufficient promise because the Headmistress of Clifford Road, Miss Gage, to whom I shall always be grateful, put in a word to the authorities and I was awarded a town scholarship to Ipswich School. My parents, who came from a modest background, willingly accepted the sacrifices they would have to make, even with the scholarship, to send me there. My gratitude to them will never be enough.
I felt then, and still feel now, incredibly privileged to have attended Ipswich School.
One master has a particular spot in my affection: Peter Marsden. He was a great man, and a lover of the arts. He introduced me to music and acting. He had been at King’s Cambridge, and he encouraged me to apply there. So I applied, sat for the exams and was awarded a Major Foundation Scholarship.
“I was the first member of my family to go to university and once again my dear parents supported me through the next three years.”
I read French and German (I seem to have had a talent for languages) and some of the happiest times of my life were at Cambridge. My eyes were opened to a whole different world.
“I felt then, and still feel now, incredibly privileged to have attended Ipswich School.”
My ambition was to join the BBC and eventually did so, ending up as a producer in Music and Arts television. I worked there for 30 years. Since then I have been active in the dance world, on the Arts Council, on the Board of the Royal Opera House, and as Chairman of Birmingham Royal Ballet. In 1999 I had the honour of being awarded CBE for services to the arts
So I have enjoyed a varied and exciting career. It is impossible to know what life would have been like without the splendid rounded education which Ipswich School gave me at the outset. For that I shall always be immensely grateful.
How to Support Ipswich School
Transform a life with the gift of education by giving to Ipswich School.
Whether your donation is large or small, immediate, or as part of a legacy gift, it makes a significant difference to the prospects of the children we support.
If you would like to help transform the lives of children in our region, there are a number of ways you can support Ipswich School:
Online
Give a one-off or regular gift securely online at www.ipswich.school/foundingfutures
In person
Please contact the Development Office to arrange a visit.
Cheque
Donations by cheque should be payable to ‘Ipswich School’.
By bank transfer
Ipswich School, account number: 06485430, sort code: 30-94-55, reference: your name/fund .
Legacy giving
Via a gift in your will, please contact the Development Office for more information or visit our website.
Special gift
If you would like to leave a special, non-monetary gift to Ipswich School we would love to hear from you. Such gifts may include assets, works of art, auction gifts or anything else you wish the school to have and be able to utilise for the benefit of pupils present and future.
BSUF
US-based donors wishing to support the school are invited to donate through the British Schools and Universities Foundation (BSUF) and choose Ipswich School.
Gift Aid
Don’t forget to opt in for Gift Aid (if applicable) as this allows us to claim an extra 25% on top of your donation from the Government at no cost to you. If you are a higher rate tax payer, you can also claim the difference between the higher rate of tax and the current basic rate of tax.
For more information about how you can support Ipswich School or to discuss a potential gift please contact Nikki Brown, Development Director on 01473 298961, or email nlb@ipswich.school
“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity”
What a year to reflect on. We have been overwhelmed by the kindness shown to this School and the names of those supporters are displayed below. We would like to acknowledge those who gave their gift anonymously as well as those who have remembered the school by giving a gift in their will.
Old Ipswichian Past Pupils
Class of Year
Paul Richards OI 1941
Denis Cutler 1944
George De Stratton OI 1948
Dennis Woolmer 1948
Peter Rolph OI 1949
Lewis Tyler OI 1950
Iain Ross OI 1951
Karl Daniels OI 1953
Alan Wyatt OI 1953
Eddy Alcock OBE OI 1954
Geoffrey Bell-Jones OI 1954
John Graham OI 1954
Robert Erith TD, DL, OI 1955
Richard Pearce OI 1955
Geoffrey Cook OI 1956
Andrew Cockrill OI 1957
John H Cook OI 1957
Dr Gerry Pell OI 1957
Howard Clarke OI 1958
David Chaplin OI 1958
Alan Cutting OI 1959
Mike Fenn OI 1959
Martin White OI 1959
Bob Clarke OI 1960
Roger Hailey OI 1960
Robert Newby OI 1960
Bob and Martine Porter OI 1960
Richard Wadwell OI 1960
Michael Leathers OI 1961
Bruce Cropper OI 1961
Clinton Hall OI 1961
J. Keith Nelson OI 1961
Paul Ansell OI 1962
David Kitching OI 1962
Roger Pulham OI 1962
Mark Rendle OI 1962
Albert Smetham OI 1962
Richard Fairweather 1963
Arnold Miller OI 1963
Eric Bauly OI 1963
Dick Garrard OI 1963
Dr Tony Jackson OI 1964
Jim Burt OI 1965
Mark Gladwell OI 1965
John Jewhurst OI 1965
Michael Warner OI 1965
Peter Bloomfield OI 1966
Trevor Wright OI 1966
Dr William Charnock
(Harcourt) OI 1967
Henry Staunton OI 1967
Michael Hatch OI 1968
Dr Jonathan Holmes OI 1968
Robert Lewcock OI 1968
Geoff Notcutt OI 1968
Chris Peeke OI 1968
Jonathan Betts OI 1969
Roy Bostock OI 1969
Dr Nigel Connor OI 1969
Charles D oi g OI 1969
Rev Paul Howes OI 1969
Edward Hyams OI 1969
John Lambie OI 1969
Andy Weston OI 1969
Timothy Briden OI 1970
John Caudle OI 1970
Edward Back OI 1971
Dr Christopher McLauchlan OI 1971
Chris Thorogood OI 1971
Alastair Kidwell OI 1972
William Latta OI 1972
Mark Evans OI 1973
Simon Gash OI 1973
Charles Paterson OI 1973
James MacLachlan OI 1974
Steve Runnacles OI 1974
Ranulph Poole OI 1974
Dr James Broadway OI 1975
John Ward OI 1975
Graeme Moir OI 1976
Bill Moore OI CBE 1976
Ian Saunders OI 1976
Julian Sharman OI 1976
Bill Moore CBE OI 1976
James Davey OI 1977
Chris Wray OI 1977
William Izzard OI 1978
Douglas Turner OI 1978
Richard Moss OI 1979
John Chessher OI 1980
Andrew Macnab OI 1980
Edward Porter OI 1980
Chris Broyden OI 1981
Richard Wilson OI 1981
Mark Hawtin OI 1981
Richard Hudson OI 1981
Paul Wranek OI 1981
Richard Peters OI 1981
Mark Storey OI 1982
David Defoe OI 1982
George Dunnett OI 1983
Jonathon Thompson OI 1983
Stuart Wilson OI 1983
Will Bright OI 1984
Andrew Jillings OI 1984
David Bowie OI 1985
William Notcutt OI and Nicola Notcutt OI 1985
Jon Sheppard OI 1986
Paul Bennett OI 1987
William Coe OI 1987
Steve Wawman OI 1987
Jonathan Fieldsend OI 1988
Bruce Finch OI 1988
Julian Spettigue OI 1988
Chris Casson-Smith OI 1990
Richard Covell OI 1990
Julian Fenn OI 1990
Dr Simon Gladwell OI 1991
Julian Maule OI 1991
Warwick Dunnett OI 1992
Marcus Kwan OI 1992
Nik Fairweather OI 1993
David Freestone OI 1993
Oliver Huggins OI 1993
Alexander Brooks OI 1994
Ben Cordle OI 1994
Christopher Pulham OI 1994
Clare Lock (Warnes) OI 1995
Robert Scutt OI 1995
Tom Faiers OI 1997
Philip Hunn OI 1998
Andrew Mann OI 1998
Jonathan Pulham OI 2000
Brad Bowman OI 2001
Russell Edwards OI 2003
James Davidson OI 2004
Rosanna Lloyd OI 2007
Wing Tung Ng OI 2007
Sam Blay OI 2008
Hannah Brooks OI 2009
Anna Churchill OI 2009
Jamie Bowden OI 2009
Cindy Lawes OI 2010
George Finch OI 2011
Alice Stevens OI 2011
John Ademokun OI 2012
William Dines OI 2012
Jonny Palmer OI 2012
Euan Smith OI 2012
Nicola Bowden OI 2012
Jamie Prickett OI 2016
Catherine King OI 2016
Rosie Geelmuyden OI 2017
Immy Oliver-Beckett OI 2018
Tom Batley OI 2019
Willa Rogers OI 2021
Parents, Friends and Staff
Nicola & Ben Lashmar
Julia Fairbrother
Bruce Andrews
Zos Austin
Carrie Baker
Mike Bannan
David Barker MBE
Carol Bostock-Smith
Jenny Jones
Bowly Andrew
Tom Fools
Nikki Brown
Anna Caston
Julie Abernethy
Emmanuel & Elizabeth
Adejuwon
Rolf & Claire Althen
Shiraz Amin
Apollo 1969 at Lloyds
Kathy Atkinson
Louise Banks
Nicholas & Samantha
Banks
Dr J Barnes
John Bassil
Lucy Batchelor-Wylam
Erik & Joanne Batley
Nareen Beales
Fiona Beaumont
Colin Beavis
Rowell Bell
Beryl Bellingham
Ricky & Emma Blaylock
Guy Bolton
Lindsey Boyle
Dr. Raymond Brannon
Deborah Broadway
Sara Burdett
Tracey Burke
Julie Burle
Dr Peter & Sandy Burn
Thomas Burton
Marco & Donna Caporilli
Chipo Chikoore OI
Eddie Chung
Sarah Keegan
Amelia Kelly
Denis & Sheila KennedyBoath
Tim & Natalie Kershaw
Muhammad Ishaq & Seema Khan
Alison Knights
Ilya Kudryavtsev
Jocelyn Kwong
Simon Lam
Michelle Lamprell
Sarah Learmont
Karen Lee
Xianhua Li
John & Chloe Lloyd
Sean & Afua MarfohGillings
Lt Col Ian & Mrs Fiona Marlow
Paul Maston
Sarah Mayhew
Alison Menzies
Jim Menzies
Gemma Miah
Nigel & Christine Midwood
Andrew Minns OI
Eamon Mulholland
Jeston & Julia Na Nakhorn
Lucy Neal
Claire Nevison Grainger
John & Julie Nolan
Alison Oliphant
Sophie Oliver
Katie Parsons
Sally Peace
Caroline Pennington
Dr Maria Perez-Clemente
Katie Pettit
John Poulter
Richard Rauhut
Melanie Reed
John Reid
Dr Maria Perez-Clemente
& Mr Gerald Rix
Helen Clarkson-Fieldsend
Lucy Cohen
Jeff Conley
Felix Corbett
Bob Cowlin
Helen Dewson
Anna Dias
Peter & Alice Dilnot
Davinia Downes
Melissa Edwards
Daniel Elliston
Dominique Fell-Clark
Carey Fraulo
The Friends of Ipswich School
Liam & Joanne Garrard
Thomas & Juliet Garside
Dylan & Nicola Garton
Colin & Sarah Gebhard
James & Victoria Gibson
Terence Gillamm
Jasper Goodwyn
Lynne Goodwyn
Mr Nigel & Mrs Susie
Griffith
Jonas & Rebecca Grist
Alexander & Rebecca
Hamilton-Wright
Angela Hanmore
Edwin & Melanie Harrell
Elizabeth Harrington
Claire Haynes
Dr James & Mrs Elizabeth
Henderson
Steven Herbert
Karissa Hollis
Mark & Joanne Howard
Susan Ion
Alexandra Jenner
Juliette Johns
Sue Johnson
Nina & Daniel Joseph
Sarah Kafala
Tarik Kafala
Fredrik Karlsson
Alexander & Candida Robson
Cordelia Rushby
Jane Savage
Adrian Seagers
Lynn Self
Sebastian Skorczak
Thein Soe
Nick Spence
Nigel & Cilla Steed
Sally Swaine
Wendy Swaine
Emma Swallow
Tayo Taiwo
Tim Tarleton
Maria Tchorzewska
Campbell Thompson
Lynsey Tyte
David Unwin
Helen Wagland
Nicola Walker
Billy & Georgia Watson
Samantha & Angus Watson
Dr Richard & Lesley Watts
Nicholas Weaver
Emily Williams
Max Williams
Rebecca Williams
Keith Willmore
Leanne Windridge
Chantelle Winter
CS Wong
Xiaoyun Zhong
Christchurch Veterinary
Surgery
Gamatec Limited
The Old Ipswichian Club
We are living through very challenging times, with the war in Ukraine, climate change and economic hardship heading every news bulletin or front page. Young people are certainly not immune from these concerns; indeed, many are anxious not just about the present, but about the future – their future.
Through all this it is our duty to try to find answers, but also to keep doors open for these young people that otherwise might be slammed shut, and that is precisely what the numerous donors listed here have done. For each name listed has made a gift – a gift of opportunity.
The School’s first Giving Day (see page 6) was a resounding success, not only in raising funds, but also in galvanising the whole School community. Our challenge now is to build on that success so that we can keep offering young people the promise of a better tomorrow.
RICHARD WILSON OI (1970 - 1981) DONOR, GOVERNOR AND CHAIR OF THE FOUNDATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Nikki Brown Development Director
Ipswich School Development Office Henley Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 3SG
Telephone: 01473 298961
Email: nlb@ipswich.school @ipswichschool /ipswichschool /ipswich_school
www.ipswich.school/founding-futures
Registered Charity Number 310493