The Perse School
The school crest
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| Motto |
Latin: Qui facit per alium facit per se He who does things for others does them for himself |
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| Established | 1615 |
| Type | Independent day school |
| Religion | Nondenominational Christian |
| Head | Edward Elliott |
| Senior Deputy Head | Daniel Cross |
| Chairman of the Governing Body | Sir David Wright |
| Founder | Stephen Perse |
| Location |
Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8QF England Coordinates: 52°10′51″N 0°08′19″E / 52.180833°N 00.138611°E |
| DfE number | 873/6010 |
| DfE URN | 110923 Tables |
| Staff | 138 teaching, 117 support staff, 26 peripatetics |
| Students | 1129 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | 8 |
| Colours | Purple and Black |
| Publication | OP News Magazine |
| Alumni | Old Perseans |
| Rival | The Leys School |
| Website | www |
The Perse Upper School is a fee-paying independent secondary co-educational day school in Cambridge, England.
The school was founded in 1615 by Stephen Perse. Its motto is Qui facit per alium facit per se, usually taken to mean "He who does things for others does them for himself".
The Perse School began accepting girls at 11+ and 13+ in September 2010 and became fully co-educational in September 2012.
From 1945-1976 it was a Direct Grant school offering free places to 40% of pupils. Following the abolition of the Assisted Places Scheme, The Perse no longer received any state funding and became independent.
The School is a founder member of the Strategic Alliance of Global Educators (SAGE).
The school motto is Qui facit per alium facit per se, usually taken to mean "He who does things for others does them for himself". This is an example of a rebus motto, the Latin sentence ending in a word play on the founder's name "per se" and his benefaction. A blue plaque dedicated to the school's founder, Dr Stephen Perse, can be found in Free School Lane, Cambridge.
Pupils regularly compete and score highly in academic competitions and Olympiads, in addition to winning awards including Arkwright Engineering Scholarships and Nuffield Research Placements (previously Nuffield Science Bursaries). Students have won scholarships for summer placements at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and research institutes in Heidelberg, Germany.
British competition results include:
Students have also competed in international competitions including the International Mathematical Olympiad, the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad, the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad, the International Biology Olympiad, the International Rocketry Challenge, the European Union Contest for Young Scientists and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
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