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Perse pupils’ poems picked for prestigious anthology
Two Perse students are set to have their verses published in an illustrious poetry anthology. Kitty (Upper Sixth) and Zuyi (Year 10) will see their respective poems Watercolour and Waterfall appear in print in a new volume entitled Elemental:Water, compiled by Pembroke College Elemental Poetry, later this month. Poems featured in the book have been […]
Perse basketball teams savour Italy tour
Perse basketball players developed their dribbling skills during a fantastic half term tour to Italy. Twenty-two players from Year 10 to Upper Sixth spent six days exploring the Verona region and facing some fixtures against local opposition. The squad began the trip with a coaching session led by trainers from local club Pallacanestro ALBa. They […]
Rouse Award: Innovative follow-spot light tracking system design
Oliver (Upper Sixth) designed and created an automatic follow-spot tracking system to win the Rouse Artefact Award. As a member of the Perse Production Company, Oliver enjoys working behind the lighting desk at the school’s drama shows in the Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre (PAC). For his Rouse project, he wished to combine his passion […]
Top of the class for GCSE results
Perse academic departments have achieved top positions in the latest government school comparison tables. The service provides data on GCSE results by school and subject. (Click here to read the full report). In the 2025 results, three Perse departments — Ancient History, Chinese and Music — achieved the top result in England for the percentage […]
Perse students go for Gold in tough Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition
As part of their PES Peak Gold Programme, five resilient teams of Perse students walked through the Lake District, covering 43km on foot. Twenty-eight students set out for a wet and windy, four-day Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Gold practice expedition based around Ullswater, including a day directly supervised by the school’s qualified Mountain Leaders. The […]
Maths competition adds up to success for Perse pupil
Numerical knowledge equalled success for Isabel (Year 10) in the UK Maths Trust’s (UKMT) inaugural Mathematical Competition for Girls (MCG). She emerged as the highest scorer in the East of England in the competition, designed by the UKMT to inspire and challenge young female mathematicians from Year 10 to Upper Sixth. Isabel was one of […]
Rouse Award: Evaluating influence of popular fiction on suffrage movement
Alice (Upper Sixth) assessed the extent to which literary fiction contributed to the success of the suffrage movement for her Rouse Award-winning research. As a keen English and history student, Alice decided to investigate how the messaging in popular books of the time played a part in women receiving the right to vote in the […]
Impactful Berlin trip for Perse history students
Berlin was the scene for an insightful trip for 50 Perse Year 11 history pupils as part of their GCSE studies on life in Nazi Germany. The pupils began their visit to the German capital with a walking tour of Jewish life, taking in the Otto Weldt Museum, where they discovered more about ‘the Blind […]
Rouse Award: Investigating Bitcoin price prediction
Luca (Upper Sixth) investigated the predictability of Bitcoin prices based on posts on social media platform X for his Rouse Award-winning project. Considered to be the original cryptocurrency, having been conceived in 2008, the worth of Bitcoin against the US dollar has fluctuated widely. Using machine learning, Luca carried out a sentiment analysis of posts […]
Perse English students savour New York literary feast
Perse Sixth Form English students embarked on an unforgettable trip to New York City this half term, exploring the rich cultural heritage of American literature. The visit began at Ellis Island, where students traced the footsteps of millions of immigrants who arrived seeking new lives in the United States. The group learned about the hopes, […]
Renowned architect gives illuminating talk to Perse students on sustainable city solution
Visionary architect Professor Jason Pomeroy gave an enlightening talk to Perse students on his idea for innovative floating farms within big cities. Regarded as one of the world’s leading experts in sustainable design, Professor Pomeroy outlined his plans for waterborne developments combining food and energy production. The Singapore-based architect, who is also a familiar face […]
Perse actors show satirical side with The Government Inspector
Perse Year 11 actors showed off their comedy skills with their production of satirical play The Government Inspector. Nineteenth century writer Nikolai Gogol’s work centres around Khlestakov, who the corrupt officials of a small Russian town believe is a government inspector who has been sent to investigate them. However, in this comedy of errors, Khlestakov […]
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