Ibstock Place

This School sees its responsibility as ensuring that the accomplishments of each child reflects their talents and interests so they leave Ibstock Place School as creative, resilient and empathetic adults.

Each child is able to find their strengths whether it is becoming the promising musician, the meticulous scholar, the outstanding sportsman or the talented artist.
Enthusiastic and ambitious staff attach great importance to the development of the individuality of each child and everyone having regard for tolerance, courtesy and respect.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the learning experiences of Friedrich Froebel for the very young were seen as the key to social progress and to the health of society. The educational benefactor Mrs Julia Salis Schwabe (1819–1896) decided to establish a teacher training college with a Demonstration School in England based on his teaching principles. She asked Claude Montefiore (1858–1938) to be Secretary of the inaugural Froebel Society, which would support the College and the School. They, as joint benefactors, agreed to meet any financial deficits.

In 1896 the College and School were opened by the Empress Frederick (Daughter of Queen Victoria). The first headmistress was Esther Lawrence.