Suffolk

Ipswich School has been named in this year’s Sunday Times Parent Power report as the top independent school in Suffolk – for the fifth year running – and in the top 150 independent schools in the country. The report, which ranks schools by their top A-level and GCSE exam grades, was published over the weekend. Due to the exam disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s report chooses...

Pupils at the Royal Hospital School (RHS) in Suffolk have handwritten 800 letters to be sent to elderly alumni of the school to help combat loneliness in lockdown. The initiative was a joint effort by Royal Hospital School’s Compass Programme and the school’s Alumni Association to help build a bridge with elderly alumni during self-isolation. The school’s Compass Programme provides Lower School...

Students from The Royal Hospital School recently won one of the top trophies at a Royal Navy field gun competition. Pupils from the school returned home with the Endeavour Trophy for the fastest run by a non-military team at the Junior Leaders Field Gun competition. The team finished third overall in the competition held at Royal Navy base HMS Collingwood in Hampshire, but were the best team from a...

Year 7 pupils at the Royal Hospital School have reached the national finals of the STEM competition 'Race for the Line', which has been pioneered and sponsored by the Bloodhound Project. The Bloodhound Project is a global Engineering Adventure using a 1000mph World Land Speed Record attempt to inspire the next generation to enjoy, explore and get involved in science, technology, engineering and...

A group of pupils from the Royal Hospital School recently covered a collective total of 10,500 miles, the approximate mileage from Holbrook, Suffolk to Sydney, Australia, to raise funds for the Suffolk Community Foundation and the local charities it supports. The distance marked the journey made by the school’s most eminent alumnus, Admiral Arthur Phillip, who founded the British penal colony at Port...