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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.
Woolverstone Hall is a large country house, now in use as a school [1] and available at times as a function venue, [2] located 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It is set in 80 acres (320,000 m 2) on the banks of the River Orwell.
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
LCC decide to develop a boy's boarding-school at WH from 1st Sept 1951. However, the name was changed to Woolverstone Hall School in Autumn 1950. There were some changes to the uniform. (This is confirmed in the minutes of the LCC Education Committee 1950-1951.)
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.
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.
In 1959 the Nautical School became Woolverstone Hall Boys Boarding School, initially as an experiment. It was during this time new classrooms and accommodation blocks were erected to the west of the house. Most commentators disparage them. But Pevsner gives them a hearty pat on the back, perhaps because
