Perins School

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Perins School
Address
Perins School
Pound Hill

, ,
SO24 9BS

Coordinates 51°05′20″N1°09′59″W / 51.0889°N 1.1665°W / 51.0889; -1.1665
Information
Type Secondary academy
MottoIn Omnia Excellentia [1]
FounderHenry Perin
Specialist Sports College
Department for Education URN 137128 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherSteve Jones
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment1,017
HousesTerra, Ventus, Aqua, Ignis
Colour(s)Blue & White (House Colours - Red, Yellow, Green, Purple)
Website www.perins.net

Perins School (formerly named Perins Community School and Perin's Grammar School) is an academy, sports college and secondary school in New Alresford, Hampshire, England. The school was founded in 1696 by Henry Perin. [2]

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Performance

Perins has been a well performing school, achieving GCSE pass rates well above the national average. 72% of pupils obtained five or more GCSES grade C or above including maths and English in 2009, compared with the national average of 47.6%. [3] In 2000, OFSTED reported that pupils' attainment had risen from "above average" to "well above average". In the 2010 OFSTED inspection report it was given outstanding status. In 2013, it was given good status.

Houses

The houses used to be named after space shuttles.

However, in 2016, the new headteacher (Steve Jones) added a new house and changed the names of the existing ones. The changes and addition are as follows:

Buildings

Seven main buildings

Other buildings

Management

Head teacher

Since 2024, the head teacher has been Mark Nevola. [4]

Feeder schools

Cheriton Primary, Four Marks Primary, Ropley Primary, Preston Candover Primary, Sun Hill Junior School and Medstead Primary feed into Perins School.

Sexual assault case

In 2025, a former teacher at the school was found by the Teaching Regulatory Agency to have sexually assaulted a pupil at the school in 2018. [5] [6] He was banned from teaching. [5] [6]

Notable alumni

References

  1. "Perins Ethos & Vision" . Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  2. "History of Perins School". www.perins.net. Perins School. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. "Education | League Tables | Performance results for Perins School A Community Sports College". BBC News. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  4. "Perins School". Perins School. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Hampshire teacher found to have sexually assaulted pupil banned". BBC News. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  6. 1 2 Napier, Andrew (31 March 2025). "Teacher banned after allegedly sexually assaulting pupil in school". Daily Echo. Retrieved 4 April 2025.