Founding Futures Impact Report 2022

I M PAC T REPORT 2022

Thank you from the Headmaster

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.

Thank you to all of you in our Ipswich School community who have supported the School in recent years.

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.

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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

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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.

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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.

Your Support in Numbers *

Other Funds: £2,724 Phoenix Fund: £9,343

340 Donors Thank You!

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Funds Support

Bursary Fund: £211,390

Total raised this year: Registered Charity Number - 310493

Numbers of families supported with hardship support since summer term 2021

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Children on 100% bursary support

£223,457 *Donations and pledges including legacy pledges from 1 September 2021 - 31 August 2022.

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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!

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.

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.

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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:

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!”

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 Thank you to everyone who made this life changing support possible.

Registered Charity Number - 310493

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R E B E C C A’ S S T O R Y

“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)

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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

Registered Charity Number - 310493

“It really is all still Jeremy’s a post doctorate maths in there. Which professor researching vaccines.

My fondest memories? Mr speaks of a happy Cavendish’s early modern history lessons were the highlight; his school kid who outrageous dramatic flair bringing it all to life, but mainly for the stories; wanted to learn. he enthralled us and made us avid learners. Cromwellian rule forever No mean feat, and etched in my subconscious.

What was missing? I had chicken pox one I’m grateful to the lesson that they taught grammar, but we can blame 80s pedagogy Ipswich for.” 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.

Rebecca May Marston (OI 1996-1998). dorabrown.com or rebecca@dorabrown.com for more info and ways to help. Thanks guys.

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T E K L E ’ S S TO RY

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.

“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

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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)

Registered Charity Number - 310493

My time at Ipswich School

“I felt then, and still feel now, incredibly privileged to have attended 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.

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.

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.

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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

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

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.

“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity” Aristotle

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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

Arnold Miller OI

1963

Dr James Broadway OI

1975

Julian Fenn OI

Eric Bauly OI

1963

John Ward OI

1975

Dr Simon Gladwell OI

1990 1991

Dick Garrard OI

1963

Graeme Moir OI

1976

Julian Maule OI

1991

Dr Tony Jackson OI

1964

Bill Moore OI CBE

1976

Warwick Dunnett OI

1992

Jim Burt OI

1965

Ian Saunders OI

1976

Marcus Kwan OI

1992

Mark Gladwell OI

1965

Julian Sharman OI

1976

Nik Fairweather OI

1993

John Jewhurst OI

1965

Bill Moore CBE OI

1976

David Freestone OI

1993

Michael Warner OI

1965

James Davey OI

1977

Oliver Huggins OI

1993

Peter Bloomfield OI

1966

Chris Wray OI

1977

Alexander Brooks OI

1994

Trevor Wright OI

1966

William Izzard OI

1978

Ben Cordle OI

1994

Douglas Turner OI

1978

Christopher Pulham OI

1994

Dr William Charnock (Harcourt) OI

1967

Richard Moss OI

1979

Clare Lock (Warnes) OI

1995

Henry Staunton OI

1967

John Chessher OI

1980

Robert Scutt OI

1995

Michael Hatch OI

1968

Andrew Macnab OI

1980

Tom Faiers OI

1997

Dr Jonathan Holmes OI

1968

Edward Porter OI

1980

Philip Hunn OI

1998

Robert Lewcock OI

1968

Chris Broyden OI

1981

Andrew Mann OI

1998

Geoff Notcutt OI

1968

Richard Wilson OI

1981

Jonathan Pulham OI

2000

Chris Peeke OI

1968

Mark Hawtin OI

1981

Brad Bowman OI

2001

Jonathan Betts OI

1969

Richard Hudson OI

1981

Russell Edwards OI

2003

Roy Bostock OI

1969

Paul Wranek OI

1981

James Davidson OI

2004

Dr Nigel Connor OI

1969

Richard Peters OI

1981

Rosanna Lloyd OI

2007

Charles Doig OI

1969

Mark Storey OI

1982

Wing Tung Ng OI

2007

Rev Paul Howes OI

1969

David Defoe OI

1982

Sam Blay OI

2008

Edward Hyams OI

1969

George Dunnett OI

1983

Hannah Brooks OI

2009

John Lambie OI

1969

Jonathon Thompson OI

1983

Anna Churchill OI

2009

Andy Weston OI

1969

Stuart Wilson OI

1983

Jamie Bowden OI

2009

Timothy Briden OI

1970

Will Bright OI

1984

Cindy Lawes OI

2010

John Caudle OI

1970

Andrew Jillings OI

1984

George Finch OI

2011

Edward Back OI

1971

David Bowie OI

1985

Alice Stevens OI

2011

John Ademokun OI

2012

1985

William Dines OI

2012

1986

Jonny Palmer OI

2012 2012

Michael Leathers OI

1961

Dr Christopher McLauchlan OI

1971

Bruce Cropper OI

1961

William Notcutt OI and Nicola Notcutt OI

Chris Thorogood OI

1971

Clinton Hall OI

1961

Jon Sheppard OI

Alastair Kidwell OI

1972

J. Keith Nelson OI

1961

Paul Bennett OI

1987

William Latta OI

1972

Euan Smith OI

Paul Ansell OI

1962

William Coe OI

1987

Mark Evans OI

1973

Nicola Bowden OI

2012

David Kitching OI

1962

Steve Wawman OI

1987

Simon Gash OI

1973

Jamie Prickett OI

2016

Roger Pulham OI

1962

Jonathan Fieldsend OI

1988

Charles Paterson OI

1973

Catherine King OI

2016

Mark Rendle OI

1962

Bruce Finch OI

1988

James MacLachlan OI

1974

Rosie Geelmuyden OI

2017

Albert Smetham OI

1962

Julian Spettigue OI

1988

Steve Runnacles OI

1974

Immy Oliver-Beckett OI

2018

Richard Fairweather

1963

Chris Casson-Smith OI

1990

Ranulph Poole OI

1974

Tom Batley OI

2019

Richard Covell OI

1990

Willa Rogers OI

2021

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Parents, Friends and Staff Nicola & Ben Lashmar

Sarah Keegan

Helen Clarkson-Fieldsend

Julia Fairbrother

Amelia Kelly

Lucy Cohen

Alexander & Candida Robson

Bruce Andrews

Denis & Sheila KennedyBoath

Jeff Conley

Cordelia Rushby

Zos Austin

Felix Corbett

Jane Savage

Carrie Baker

Tim & Natalie Kershaw

Bob Cowlin

Adrian Seagers

Mike Bannan

Muhammad Ishaq & Seema Khan

Helen Dewson

Lynn Self

Anna Dias

Sebastian Skorczak

Peter & Alice Dilnot

Thein Soe

Davinia Downes

Nick Spence

Melissa Edwards

Nigel & Cilla Steed

Daniel Elliston

Sally Swaine

Dominique Fell-Clark

Wendy Swaine

Carey Fraulo

Emma Swallow Tayo Taiwo

Xianhua Li

The Friends of Ipswich School

John & Chloe Lloyd

Liam & Joanne Garrard

Maria Tchorzewska

Sean & Afua MarfohGillings

Thomas & Juliet Garside

Campbell Thompson Lynsey Tyte

Apollo 1969 at Lloyds

Lt Col Ian & Mrs Fiona Marlow

Dylan & Nicola Garton Colin & Sarah Gebhard

David Unwin

Kathy Atkinson

Paul Maston

James & Victoria Gibson

Helen Wagland

Louise Banks

Sarah Mayhew

Terence Gillamm

Nicola Walker

Alison Menzies

Jasper Goodwyn

Billy & Georgia Watson

Jim Menzies

Lynne Goodwyn

Gemma Miah

Mr Nigel & Mrs Susie Griffith

Samantha & Angus Watson

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

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

Alison Knights Ilya Kudryavtsev Jocelyn Kwong Simon Lam Michelle Lamprell Sarah Learmont Karen Lee

Nigel & Christine Midwood

Tim Tarleton

Dr Richard & Lesley Watts

Jonas & Rebecca Grist

Nicholas Weaver

Eamon Mulholland

Alexander & Rebecca Hamilton-Wright

Emily Williams

Jeston & Julia Na Nakhorn

Angela Hanmore

Lucy Neal

Rebecca Williams

Edwin & Melanie Harrell

Claire Nevison Grainger

Keith Willmore

Elizabeth Harrington

John & Julie Nolan

Leanne Windridge

Claire Haynes

Alison Oliphant

Chantelle Winter

Sophie Oliver

Dr James & Mrs Elizabeth Henderson

CS Wong

Katie Parsons

Steven Herbert

Sally Peace

Karissa Hollis

Christchurch Veterinary Surgery

Caroline Pennington

Mark & Joanne Howard

Gamatec Limited

Dr Maria Perez-Clemente

Susan Ion

The Old Ipswichian Club

Katie Pettit

Alexandra Jenner

John Poulter

Juliette Johns

Richard Rauhut

Sue Johnson

Melanie Reed

Nina & Daniel Joseph

John Reid

Sarah Kafala

Dr Maria Perez-Clemente & Mr Gerald Rix

Tarik Kafala

Andrew Minns OI

Fredrik Karlsson

Max Williams

Xiaoyun Zhong

Thank you.

Registered Charity Number - 310493

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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.

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

RICHARD WILSON OI (1970 - 1981) DONOR, GOVERNOR AND CHAIR OF THE FOUNDATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE