Amberfield School

Infobox UK school
name = Amberfield School


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latitude = 52.0198
longitude = 1.2405
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motto = Valens sed Clemens - "Strong but Gentle"
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established = 1927
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type = Independent school
religion = protestant
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head_label = Headmistress
head = Linda Ingram
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street = Nacton Road
city = Ipswich
county = Suffolk
country = England
postcode = IP10 0HL
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enrollment = c. 300
gender = Girls (Boys 3 - 7 years)
lower_age = 3
upper_age = 16
houses = Dunwhich,Rendlesham,Thetford and Tunstall
colours = Blue,red,yellow and green
publication = Amberfield Plus
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website = http://www.amberfield.suffolk.sch.uk/default.aspx?sm=a_a
website_name = Amberfield School

Amberfield School is a small private school, coeducational up to the age of 7 years, and for girls up to the age of 16 years, which was established in 1927. The headmistress of which, is Mrs Linda Ingram. It is set in idillic countryside with surrounding fields and wildlife. It won the Lego League Robotics UK Championships [cite web | title = Robot students set for global trip | work = Evening Star | publisher = Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence | date = 2005-03-02 | url = http://www.aaai.org/aitopics/newstopics/resources4.html | accessdate =2008-02-22 ] and the World Primary Robot Dance Championship held in Bremen as part of RoboCup Junior in 2006. [cite web | title = Dancing, daring, dribbling robots to invade Shrewsbury | work = General News | publisher = The Open University | date = 2007-03-26 | url = http://www3.open.ac.uk/media/fullstory.aspx?id=10765 | accessdate =2008-02-22 ] It is located on the site of Nacton Workhouse, [cite web | title = Actor's date with family history | work = BBC News | publisher = BBC | date = 2003-10-17 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/3202292.stm | accessdate =2008-02-22 ] Nacton, opposite some woodland where the body of Anneli Alderton, one of the victims of the Ipswich 2006 serial murders, was found. [cite news | title = Women murdered in Suffolk | work = BBC News
publisher = BBC | date = 2006-12-16 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6171469.stm
accessdate = 2007-10-11 ]

Teaching Staff

There are around 30 teaching staff at Amberfield School.

port

The school has been successful in tennis with the under-15 team reaching the quarter-finals of the national competition. [cite web | last = Watson | first = Stuart | title = School bids for LTA club status | work = Evening Star 24 | publisher = Archant Regional Ltd. | date = 2007-12-05 | url = http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/sport/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=SportGrassRoots&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=sport&itemid=IPED05%20Dec%202007%2009%3A26%3A15%3A283
accessdate =2008-02-22 ]

Notable alumnae

Maggi Hambling, artist

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