Nick Gregory announced as new head for Ipswich School

A new head has been announced for a school in Suffolk.

Nick Gregory will take on the role at Ipswich School from September 2024 with the new job title of head rather than headmaster.

It signals the end of Nicholas Weaver’s 14-year tenure and now the former Ipswich School pupil and current head of Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire will take the reins. ​​​​​​

Mr Gregory, who was born in Ipswich, said: “I feel exceptionally honoured to have been asked to lead the next chapter of Ipswich School’s long and illustrious history.

“Nicholas Weaver will hand on a school in extraordinarily good shape characterised by – among many other things - a notable and richly-deserved reputation for excellence in music and the arts, outstanding academic achievement in a wide range of subject areas and a recent record of enormous success in sport.

Mr Gregory has been head of Wycliffe College, which is a day and boarding school for pupils aged 3 to 18, since 2015.

During his time at the school, he has improved academic standards, developed boarding, increased pupil numbers, and led a wide-range of building and facilities projects.

Wycliffe was awarded excellent for all areas of its provision in a 2022 ISI Inspection.

Prior to taking on the headship at Wycliffe, Mr Gregory had undertaken a wide range of roles at schools including Barnard Castle, Old Swinford Hospital and Mill Hill, where he was deputy head (pastoral).

The new Ipswich School head has an MEd in Educational Leadership, and made the switch into teaching - teaching modern foreign languages, principally Spanish - after starting his career in finance with Barclays Bank.

Henry Staunton, the chairman of governors, said: “I am delighted that we have found such an excellent individual with a connection to Suffolk and Ipswich School to build upon Nicholas Weaver’s fourteen years of outstanding leadership.

“We welcome Nick Gregory and anticipate he will build on this legacy to take Ipswich School into an even stronger future.”

Mr Gregory is married to his wife Helen, and has three sons aged between 16 and 25.