Woolverstone Hall School

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name = Woolverstone Hall School


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motto = Nisi Dominus Vanum
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established = 1951
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closed = 1990
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founder = London County Council
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street = Woolverstone
city = Ipswich
county = Suffolk
country = England
postcode = IP9 1AZ
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gender = Boys
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = Berners, Corner's, Hall's, Hanson's, Johnston's, Orwell
colours = Navy blue and gold
publication = Janus
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In the early 1950s the London County Council obtained use of Woolverstone Hall near Ipswich, Suffolk, and some 50 acres of adjoining land for the purpose of establishing a secondary boarding school for London boys. The premises were previously occupied by the "LNS Woolverstone", a branch of the London Nautical School, some students of which were permitted to complete their education in the new environment, which commenced experimentally in 1950. In September 1951, the new school formally opened with mostly new teaching staff under a new headmaster, Mr J. S. H. Smitherman.

Notable former students

* Tim Cresswell (geographer)
* Cedric Delves (former Director of the SAS, and Colonel of Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry]
* Peter Donaldson (Radio 4 newsreader)
* Phill Jupitus (TV personality, comedian)
* Ian McCulloch (TV actor and writer)
* Ian McEwan (novelist, Booker Prize winner)
* Martin Offiah (England and Great Britain rugby league international)
* Neil Pearson (actor)
* Jean-Alain Roussel (musician/composer/arranger - Elkie Brooks, Celine Dion etc.)
* Bill Sanderson (illustrator)
* Jonathan Sayeed (ex-Conservative MP with a somewhat tarnished reputation)
* Guy Stevens (music executive)
* Mark Wing-Davey (actor- Zaphod Beeblebrox, theatre director)
* Ben Volpeliere (lead singer of Curiosity Killed the Cat)

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