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Woolverstone Hall School. Coordinates: 52°00′10″N 1°11′43″E. In the early 1950s the London County Council obtained use of Woolverstone Hall near Ipswich, Suffolk, and some 50 acres (200,000 m 2) of adjoining land for the purpose of establishing a secondary grammar boarding school for London boys.
It was requisitioned as a naval training establishment during World War II and, in 1950, the London County Council took it over as a boys' boarding school – Woolverstone Hall School. In 1992, the property was sold to the Girls' Day School Trust, who relocated Ipswich High School to Woolverstone Hall.
The school, as an experiment initially, became Woolverstone Hall boarding school and nautical instruction, instead of being the hard core of the curriculum, became an extra curricular activity. 180 boys started and became resident in 20 huts situated on Berners field.
Woolverstone Hall School was London County Council's boarding school near Ipswich. the large mansion was initially built for the Berners family in 1776, but was acquired by the L.C.C. in 1951 - London Picture Archive
Becoming HMS Woolverstone, a shore-based naval station. Dummy landing crafts were made there as part of the deceptions that went on around D-Day. After the war, in 1950, the London County Council took it over as a boys' boarding School thus beginning Woolverstone’s heritage as a school.
16 set 2016 · Speaking to the Times Saturday Review, McEwan said Woolverstone Hall School, near Ipswich, was the making of him. He described it as “a sort of experiment by London County Council, set in the...
Woolverstone Hall, a Grade I listed paladian mansion, houses the Sixth Form, Geography Dept, Dance Studio, Music Department, Head's study, main reception, offices and the Orwell Kitchen. Facilities include an AstroTurf playing field, indoor swimming pool, large theatre, award winning boarding houses (The Barns and Dairy House) and ...
