St Joseph's College Ipswich

• Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, England,
• Year of foundation: 1937,
• Language of instruction: English,
• Type of training: mixed.

St Joseph's College Ipswich is a private school for children from 2 to 19 years old. The school has 600 children and teenagers, who can choose one of the forms: full-time education or accommodation on a full boarding basis.

Ipswich is 70 miles northeast of London and 40 miles east of Cambridge, and has good transport infrastructure inside and outside it. From the school campus, it is easy to get to three major London airports.

The Independent Schools Inspectorate gave St Joseph's College Ipswich an 'Excellent' grade for the quality of pastoral care and support for pupils.

Additional English lessons are available in grades 7 to 13 upon request. They are usually taken by international students who need help with the development of language skills.

In high school, you can take the IGCSE EAL and GCSE in English, the alternative option is IELTS.

• In 2014, the management of Joseph's College Ipswich bought the rights to full ownership of the campus - now employees can independently dispose of an area of almost 24 hectares. Since taking ownership, the administration has developed several projects to improve the infrastructure to meet the needs of the 21st century.
• In 2019, the chapel, built in the 1960s on the school grounds, was flooded, but thanks to the collection of donations from sponsors and representatives of St Joseph's College Ipswich, it was restored and restored by 2021.

Children whose parents have chosen the full-board format live on campus. The residential buildings are designed so that students feel comfortable and safe in them. St Joseph's College Ipswich staff are always on site to help solve any problem of the child, if necessary.

In the boarding house, children can relax, play and study. Jogging trails are nearby, where you can go out before classes to warm up, and the school cafeteria is easily reached in 5 minutes along well-groomed alleys.

Employees organize atmospheric events for children living on campus: movie nights, competitions, master classes. No day is like another!

Upon check-in, all children receive a laundry bag, where they put dirty clothes for several days. All items of clothing must have labels with the names of students. Everyone is assigned their own day for washing, but sports uniforms and towels can be washed at any time.

In their free time, students of St Joseph's College Ipswich can draw in an art studio, train their acting skills on the stage of the theater, model and design in an engineering workshop, and communicate with like-minded people in a math club. Other examples of on-campus extracurricular activities:

• martial arts club,
• music and vocal lessons,
• poetic meetings.

• The academic program at St Joseph's College Ipswich adheres to centuries-old British traditions in teaching, but at the same time it is regularly updated and modernized, meeting modern standards of education quality.
• Teachers in the classroom do not just read the prepared material, they are fully involved in the learning process: they take the initiative to create additional formats and practices, find innovative techniques and methods, work with all students, giving each of them personal attention. On request, they can work with children outside of class to better understand a complex topic.
• The school has its own online resource for parents — Go4schools: with its help, adults always stay aware of the successes and problems of their children.
• St Joseph's College Ipswich has partnerships with British companies, including the sports industry: Ipswich Town Football Club, Ealing Trailfinders and Northampton Saints rugby clubs. Such promising connections give students and graduates the opportunity to develop abroad, receive thematic scholarships and enter prestigious academies, universities and colleges in the future.

The infrastructure of St Joseph's College Ipswich, in addition to the boarding and educational building, includes:

• playgrounds for younger children,
• sports facilities for all ages,
• parks and alleys for walking,
• thematic classrooms for both science and creativity.

In addition to tuition fees, parents of a student of St Joseph's College Ipswich need to consider the following expenses:

• registration fees,
• on-campus and off-campus meals while traveling,
• accommodation in a guesthouse,
• Transfer to and from the airport.

To enter any of the educational stages, foreign students and their parents must go through the following stages:

1. submission of the application on time,
2. passing entrance exams (determined for each class individually),
3. providing an up-to-date certificate that confirms the high level of English proficiency in the child,
4. offline or online interviews with school staff,
5. receiving an invitation to an educational course,
6. Visa.

All children are interviewed and conducted by the principal, deputy director or international relations officer.

St Joseph's College Ipswich accepts international children only from 10 to 19 years old. To study at school, a foreigner must have an official guardian in the UK.

A minimum IELTS score of 5.0-5.5 is required for entry into the final grades of the A-level program.

High school students (6, 7 and 9) at St Joseph's College Ipswich can receive a scholarship for achievement in any field:

• Academic
• Sports
• Engineering
• Dramatic
• Art.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision