St Joseph's College is a co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils between the ages of 2½ and 18, in Ipswich, England. It was originally a Catholic foundation, the boys' school having been set up in 1937 by the Brothers of the De La Salle order. In 1995 there was an amalgamation with a local Catholic girls' school. Today St. Joseph's is a Christian school in the Lasallian tradition of its foundation. The college is situated near the centre of Ipswich in extensive grounds, on the site of Birkfield House. The grounds of Goldrood House and the Birkfield Mews, now boarding houses and infant school, were a later addition to the college. In 2006, the college had 588 pupils aged from 2½ to 18, with 160 aged 2½ to 10 in the junior school, 321 aged 11 to 16 and 107 in the sixth form. There are currently 90 boarders of whom 80 are from overseas. Since May 2000, the college has undergone a programme of refurbishment and reorganisation and improved its facilities and resources, including a new teaching and learning centre, science computer atrium, new arts and photographic suite, computer networking, a music technology suite and enlarged boarding accommodation.