Woolverstone Hall School

School in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Woolverstone Hall School

Address

Woolverstone

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP9 1AZ

England

Coordinates| 52°00′10″N 1°11′43″E﻿ / ﻿52.00289°N 1.19529°E﻿ / 52.00289; 1.19529
Information
Motto| Nisi Dominus vanum (Without the Lord, all is in vain)
Established| 1951
Founder| London County Council
Closed| 1990
Local authority| LCC and then ILEA
Headmaster| J. S. H. Smitherman (1951)[1][2], G. H. Bailey (1960)[3] P. Richardson (1974),[4] R. Woollett (1979)[5]
Gender| Boys
Age| 11 to 18
Houses| Berners, Corner's, Hall's, Hanson's, Johnston's, Orwell
Colour(s)|
Navy blue and gold
Publication| Janus

In the early 1950s the London County Council obtained use of Woolverstone Hall near Ipswich, Suffolk, and some 50 acres (200,000 m2) of adjoining land for the purpose of establishing a secondary grammar boarding school for London boys. The premises were previously occupied by the LNS Woolverstone, a branch of the London Nautical School, some students of which were permitted to complete their education in the new environment, which commenced experimentally in 1950. In September 1951, the new school formally opened with mostly new teaching staff under headmaster J. S. H. Smitherman.[1] It became comprehensive in 1977, under the auspices of the Inner London Education Authority. The school closed in 1990 and the site was sold to the Girls' Day School Trust. In 1992 it became the home of Ipswich High School.

## Notable former students

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* Peter Alexander (actor)
* Graham Barlow (cricketer)[6]
* Tim Cresswell (geographer and poet)
* Charles De'Ath (actor)
* Cedric Delves (former commander of the SAS)
* Peter Donaldson (Radio 4 newsreader)
* Alan Gould (novelist and poet)
* George Hargreaves (politician)
* Phill Jupitus (comedian)
* Ian McCulloch (actor and writer)
* Ian McEwan (novelist, Booker Prize winner)
* Tony Mitton (poet and children's writer)
* Mark Moore (musician)
* Martin Offiah (England and Great Britain rugby league international)
* Ben Onwukwe (actor)
* Justin Packshaw (Entrepreneur, philanthropist and adventurer)
* Neil Pearson (actor)
* Fay Presto (magician)
* Ade Sapara (actor)
* Jonathan Sayeed (ex-Conservative MP)
* Guy Stevens (music executive)
* Mark Wing-Davey (actor and theatre director)
* Skibadee (musician)
* Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot ( musician)

## References

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1. ^ a b The Star, London, 17 September 1951
2. ^ Headmaster's Notes, Janus 1959 at WHS-archives.net
3. ^ College Notes, 1960, St John's College, Cambridge, p.129
4. ^ Patrick Richardson at WHS-archives.net
5. ^ Richard Woollett at WHS-archives.net
6. ^ More info on Graham Barlow from Chris Snuggs at (historic) Woolverstone Old Boys' site

## Further reading

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* Smitherman, J. S. H. Two historical articles from the School magazine, Janus, 1972.
* Online copies of Janus

## External links

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* Woolverstone Hall School online old boys resource
* Woolverstone Hall School online photograph and document archive

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