• Ipswich High School is vibrant, ambitious and supportive and links pastoral care, opportunity and academic progress through its 'Foundations to Flourish' theme.

• Will suit families who want a co-educational day-and-boarding school in Suffolk with a manageable scale, strong co-curricular breadth and a campus feel.

Admissions at Ipswich High School are broad based but carefully judged, especially for families weighing up day and boarding routes within one school. The process focuses on fit with the school's tone, campus life and all-through rhythm rather than on a highly theatrical sense of selectivity.

Ipswich High publicly offers scholarships across several areas of talent, and awards seem to form a genuine part of the wider proposition. Even so, many families choose the school just as much for its campus, community and breadth as for any financial or honorary award.

Published information is substantial and easy to picture, with the Woolverstone campus, smaller-scale community and day-and-boarding flexibility all part of the appeal. Parents should still test whether the atmosphere feels as joined up and supportive in person as the polished first impression suggests.