Stocks-Review-Summer-2023

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Ibstock Place Stocks Review

From the Head

Dear Stocks,

It gives me the greatest pleasure to introduce you to the second ever edition of Stocks Review.

Over the last year, it has been wonderful to meet with so many members of our alumni community. Some of them have been familiar faces, having gone through our Sixth Form. Others have memories of Ibstock which go back much further – indeed, some of them have been able to tell us about the earliest days of the School in Roehampton. What has united them has been a universal fondness for our very special institution. The year ahead promises so very much as we draw ever-more fulsomely fromour past. 2024marks the one hundredand thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the School and already, plans are being made for a series of events to mark this milestone. Indeed, this summer, we are opening Phase One of our new School Museum and I pay special tribute to the work of Angela Platt, our brilliant archivist, in driving this project forward. There is so much of interest. Keeping in touch with the School has never been easier. The development of our new Marketing Department has seen a significant expansion of our digital presence and if you have yet to sign-up, then look out for us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. I hope very much that you will be able to return to campus over the next year. Please do get in touch if you would like to visit. We are always delighted to see old friends and while there will be many changes for you to inspect, there will be much which is wonderfully familiar as well, not least, we hope, the same inclusive and warm atmosphere which means so much to us.

Christopher Wolsey Headmaster