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Opportunities for learning support and extension are available both in and out of the classroom. Also, our instrumental program sees every child in Years 3 to 6 learn a different instrument (provided by the School) each year, across the keyboard, strings, brass, and woodwind. Each of our spacious classrooms has its wet area and mini computer laboratory with iPads and laptops for classroom use. The School also facilitates a 1:1 laptop program from Year 4. All rooms are air-conditioned, have interactive whiteboards, and look out over the treetops of our Junior School rainforest. Our boys and girls learn and adopt Junior Grammar values. They are encouraged to follow school and classroom rules through a reward and House points system focused on positive reinforcement and the satisfaction of good behavior and a job well done. View full school

This is Ipswich Grammar School. The oldest grammar school in Queensland and a Prep to Year 12 independent day and boarding school. Our distinctive culture, borne out of our 154-year heritage and traditions, sets us apart from other boys' schools. Our boys live and breathe our motto Labore Et Honore to work hard with honor. We challenge our staff and our boys to be exceptional performers every day, and we invite you to be part of our community. With over 150 years of experience in teaching boys, we understand what makes them tick. Over this time, we have developed and implemented innovative approaches to address boys' specific learning needs with a focused curriculum, specialist teachers, and a unique approach to teaching called 'Explicit Teaching.' Every day for our boys is stimulating, unique, and exciting. We tap into their sense of wonder and curiosity about the world around them. By tailoring programs and activities to meet our students' specific needs, we ensure every boy has the opportunity to reach his full academic, cultural, and social potential. Today's world is ever-changing. We embrace innovation at Ipswich Grammar and the challenges it brings. We encourage our boys to explore exciting new possibilities, exposing them to different opportunities and experiences that will set them on the path to being confident, connected lifelong learners who also possess strong moral values. We foster an encouraging environment that delivers more than exceptional academic results. Our GPS status sees boys from Years 5 to 12 take part in various activities between member schools. Whether it is a sport, debating, the arts, literacy, or the sciences, our boys are allowed to excel and network in any field. They are supported by staff from various backgrounds that bring world-class knowledge and experience to the classroom, playing field, and laboratories. The opportunity to educate your son is a privilege we take very seriously, and we regard with immense honor. We understand parents want their boy to have a stimulating, well-rounded education that ensures that they will be ready to forge a successful life beyond School. At Ipswich Grammar School, we deliver that and much more. At our School, we strongly champion a boys-only education value, and we nurture every boy who walks through our gates. We have developed an exceptional, progressive, and multi-faceted approach to education, tailored to boys' needs from Prep to Year 12. Social and emotional wellbeing matter just as much as our boys' academic and extra-curricular results. Our boys are supported both within and beyond the classroom with inspirational role models and influential mentors. Invariably what sets us apart from other schools is our distinctive culture, borne out of our 154-year heritage, which is still alive and well today. Our boys live and breathe our motto Labore Et Honore to work hard with honor. Come and see this for yourself on tour or at Open Day. Our statement of intent and aspiration and the call to action that guides all of us at Ipswich Grammar School will challenge ourselves and our boys to be exceptional performers. We are driven to help our boys discover their talents, broaden their horizons, and develop their character. We do this by fostering resilience, honor, and belonging. We also focus on enhancing communication skills, encouraging teamwork, and embracing innovation. At the end of their academic journey at Ipswich Grammar School, our boys are ready to be leading, open-minded citizens in 21st-century global communities. Tradition is important and still shapes some of our guiding principles, but we also seek to build on the past and look ahead. This is an innovation rich school that enthusiastically embraces the partnership we have with parents in developing fine young men ready to lead rich and rewarding lives. View full school

Welcome to Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School. At IGGS, we aim to educate students to become confident; well-educated young women prepared for higher learning, global citizenship, and life. The school was established in 1892, and we are fortunate to have a proud history and many traditions. Our professional staff is committed to providing each girl with a positive, personalized, holistic education within our safe, first-class learning environments. The school is frequently commended for our students’ high academic results, confidence, diligence, self-discipline, and community service. These commendations result from new, evidence-based learning and teaching programs, dedicated and talented teachers, the individual attention given to each student, and the productive partnerships we enjoy with parents and Old Girls. IGGS’s tertiary entrance outcomes and literacy and numeracy results are continually among the best in Queensland. In our co-educational Junior School, core literacy and numeracy skills are developed using explicit teaching methods. As students progress through the middle and senior years, teachers use a combination of explicit and student-centered teaching and learning methods. We believe this approach best enables our students to become confident, independent learners equipped with 21st-century skills to empower them to transition to higher education and life beyond the school’s gates. At Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School, we have high expectations for our students. Our pastoral care programs teach students to be well-mannered and diligent in all that they do. They are also taught to respect themselves, their families, the local community, and the world in which they live. We guide students on how to be useful team members and, above all, expect them to maintain high moral and ethical standards and display care and compassion for others. Our Vision Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School inspires girls to become confident, well-educated young women. Mission Shaped by our proud history and traditions and focus on academic excellence; our school provides a personalized, holistic education by expert staff in engaging learning environments. Values are the Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School core values that are at the heart of our community. BothSchooll and students seek to promote them through all our endeavors. Our five values foster excellence, integrity, resilience, and responsibility. They influence an IGGS girl’s self-worth, behavior, and how she interacts with her peers and the wider community. With strong moral and ethical values, our girls develop into responsible, capable, global citizens who create higher learning, leadership, and life opportunities. At Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School, you can rest assured you are giving your daughter every opportunity to realize her full potential. She will be engaged and challenged by our rigorous academic curriculum. Professional, dedicated teachers will foster her true potential through personalized learning in well-equipped and engaging learning environments. She will discover her talents and abilities outside the classroom with our many co-curricular activities. Her personal development will be nurtured through our comprehensive wellbeing program as she grows into a well-educated, kind, confident, community-minded young woman. IGGS girls receive more attention in every class every day. Each girl has a Personalised Academic Action Plan tailored to her specific needs. Her progress is regularly monitored to ensure she is inspired and challenged. Extensive and learning support programs are available to all students who need them. With our three distinct yet connected School precincts—Junior, Middle, and Senior—our girls enjoy a sense of belonging in a robust and supportive school community. Changes to the senior assessment and tertiary entrance system are being appropriately addressed as Queensland moves from the OP system to the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) system. We know that academic excellence and personalized care are essential for the kind of education you want for your daughter and look forward to welcoming you into our school community. Our Middle School girls are happy, well-educated, considerate young women who have an abundance of opportunities to develop academically and personally. Your daughter receives exceptional guidance through the transition from primary to secondary schooling and from co-education in the formative years to girls-only classes from Year 7. Students who join us from other primary schools are placed in one of five Houses. Girls with relatives who attended the school are allocated to the same House. Each House’s cross-age nature facilitates a nurturing relationship between girls of different ages, along with House spirit and a sense of belonging. The IGGS rigorous academic curriculum strengthens essential learning skills, promotes connectivity, and builds a solid foundation for further study. Our Middle School Life Skills program, tailored to adolescent girls’ needs, enhances your daughter’s resilience, and provides her with tools to positively and proactively approach her social and emotional life. In the Senior Years, we aim to inspire, challenge, and instill the confidence necessary to ensure your daughter is well equipped to thrive in her adult life. Our Year 10, 11, and 12 girls are getting ready for the world outside secondary schooling. They move from Middle School to our Peter Phillips Senior School complex with our state-of-the-art, university-style KCC Lecture Theatre, just one of the facilities that prepare our girls for tertiary learning experiences. Guidance for career paths is offered through our comprehensive Careers Education program. Through the program, our girls develop the knowledge and skills they need to make informed decisions in their Senior Phase of Learning and life beyond school. Recent changes to the senior assessment and tertiary entrance system are being addressed in our academic curriculum as we, and all Queensland secondary schools, prepare to move from the OP system to the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) system. Our dedicated House Group teachers, specialist teachers, enrichment and learning support team, and career and pastoral counselors provide academic and emotional guidance and support. View full school

Adventist education is built on the belief that each student is unique and of immeasurable value. It values the importance of the systematic development of the whole person. Students are taught to accept the concept of service as a principle of life to be sensitive to people's needs and become contributing members of their home, church, and society. Our primary focus is on helping children feel safe and supported in our school community. Bullying is not tolerated. Teachers, chaplains, and counselors follow restorative practices. The goal is to repair relationships that have been damaged by seeking to bring about a sense of remorse and positive action on the instigator and forgiveness on the part of the victim. Our chaplains have an open door policy. They promote inclusion by running lunchtime clubs, spending time in classrooms and the playground, keeping an eye on vulnerable individuals, assisting in student welfare, and developing positive social interactions. Chaplains are also responsible for our spiritual development programs, including our weekly Prime Time chapel services held on Wednesday mornings and our annual Week of Worship. Parents and friends are welcome to join us for these programs. The chaplains' main objectives are to: Foster and encourage the spiritual and emotional wellbeing of the whole school community Give comfort and support to students, staff, and parents/caregivers in times of need such as grief and trauma Promote an understanding of diversity and to work in a broader spiritual context to support students and families of all religious affiliations Assist school counselors and staff in the delivery of student services Support students to explore their spirituality, guiding spiritual, values and ethical matters Facilitate access to the helping agencies in the community Create an environment of cooperation and respect If you would like a school counselor to work with your child, please contact us through the office. A timetable is available at reception for families to make appointments with the counselor or other individuals on the pastoral care team. The chaplains/counselor will contact parents as the need arises; however, if you would prefer that your child does not participate in our school chaplaincy and counseling support, please let our administration know. The Adventist independent school system is a worldwide network of Christian schools, colleges, and universities operating since 1863. It is now one of the largest Protestant independent school systems in the world. Owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the schools within this system meet education's regulatory standards. Committed to making quality Christian education accessible to everyone, each school is founded on Christian principles and welcomes students from all religious and cultural backgrounds. The Seventh-day Adventist Church operates 5,846 schools worldwide, with a total enrolment of over 1 million students. 58 Adventist independent schools in Australia cater to over 12,000 students in every state and territory. Seven comprehensive, coeducational schools cover the South Queensland area that provides quality education in new or refurbished and well-equipped buildings and grounds. View full school

Every teacher at Ipswich School is passionate about educating younger people. They know the key to successful education is sharing their passion and capturing the imagination of those they teach. That is the essence of an Ipswich School education. We would be happy to give you an individual tour of the school – just contact our Admissions team to arrange this. We are very proud of our academic success which is one of the key features of Ipswich School. Our pupils realize their potential. By the time children leave the Prep School, they are generally about a year above national expectations, with some working considerably higher than this. In the Senior School, our GCSE and A-Level results are outstanding and we are normally at the top of local results tables. Choosing a school is probably one of the biggest decisions parents have to make. Whether you know Ipswich School already, or perhaps are choosing an independent school for the first time, we firmly believe that we create extraordinary futures for all our pupils.' Being loved by our stakeholders – pupils, parents, the community – is important to us, and we are embedding the following aims within all we do at Ipswich School intending to meet this aspiration. We aim To provide an environment where pupils feel safe and brave in all that they do To present pupils with a wealth of opportunities, both inside and outside the classroom, and to help them to find their passions To monitor our provision: pastoral, curricular, and co-curricular, learning from the best that we do, to ensure that the only limit on pupils’ development is their own potential To look for new ways to achieve the high standards that the school aspires to, working more smartly by using a ‘less is more approach, and managing the demands on our pupils and staff To strengthen the links in the ‘triangle’ joining parents, pupils, and school, to ensure we communicate well and are all working together with a common purpose To encourage our pupils to consider moral and spiritual values, to understand their place in the world, and to develop a spirit of service within the community To equip our pupils with the skills to be happy in their success at Ipswich School and beyond. Preparatory SchoolAddress: 3 Ivry Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 3QW Email: prepenquiries@ipswich.school Tel: +441473282800 View full school

Welcome to our unique and inspirational school. We put the happiness of our pupils at the heart of everything we do and strive to provide an exceptional education for every individual. Founded in 1878, Ipswich High School has a longstanding reputation for offering an exceptional education and experience to pupils as a leading private school in Suffolk. While tradition remains important to us, we are proud to be a forward-thinking school and take an innovative and personalized approach to our curriculum and enrichment offer. The Diamond Model We welcome boys and girls from age 5-18. We offer the Diamond Model of education – an approach that allows us to teach some subjects in single-sex classes whilst maintaining the benefits of a coeducational environment. Please see Diamond Model for more on this unique approach. Our Curriculum and Pastoral Care A bespoke curriculum for every child and an unrivaled Enrichment Programme embedded within the school day means that our pupils are encouraged to pursue their passions and become the very best version of themselves. We support every individual with incredible Pastoral Support which makes our school community stand out as a truly warm and inspirational community. The Woolverstone Campus Our beautiful 87-acre campus is located in Woolverstone, just outside of Ipswich. The spacious site has superb facilities, including a theatre, ICT suites, a 25m competition swimming pool, Sixth Form suite, cookery rooms, dedicated music rooms, and floodlit AstroTurf pitches. Explore our campus and facilities in our Virtual Tour. We capitalize on our outstanding natural surroundings via our stimulating Forest and Beach School in the Prep School, offering a unique, proactive learning experience in an ever-changing environment. Vision The Ipswich High School vision is to provide exceptional education and experience for every individual. Pupils and staff inspire, encourage and challenge one another in an inclusive and stimulating school community. An Ipswich High School education provides the skills, knowledge, and understanding for every pupil to become a happy, successful, and caring member of society. Ethos Our ethos is to put the happiness and success of each pupil at the heart of everything we do. We value the individual, providing opportunities for growth and nurturing interests, encouraging every pupil to be bold and to be themselves. Our pupils are aged 3 to 18 and we tailor our Diamond Model approach to the distinct needs of every individual. School Aims Recognize and value the individuality of each pupil Provide opportunities for each individual to develop their potential within a supportive, happy community Promote enthusiasm for learning which will last throughout life Foster a sense of responsibility for others and respect for their needs and values Encourage self-confidence, integrity, and self-discipline Provide a broad, balanced curriculum and a wide range of extra-curricular activities which promote the academic, moral, aesthetic, physical, and social development of every pupil Promote adaptability, problem-solving, and communication skills to enable our pupils to function well, either as individuals or as team members View full school