Education
There are six primary and one secondary school in the Alresford area with a population of more than 140staff and 2,000 pupils –
Perins School (1,200 pupils – secondary). This school is a community sports college and secondary school. The school was granted specialist status for leading the field in sport in Hampshire. This enabled Perins to open and complete a new state-of-art gym open to the public in the evenings.
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