Site and Facilities
The school site occupies a city "block", three sides bordered by residential streets and the fourth by the University of Cambridge Department of Chemistry. The school recently redeveloped the school hall, dining room and library.
The Perse Girls Junior School ( ages 7-11) occupies a site close to the main secondary school.
In September 2008, the school established the co-educational Stephen Perse Sixth Form college in Shaftesbury Road. The school teaches both A-level and IB, and was voted the IB school of the Year by The Sunday Times newspaper.
In September 2010, the school established the Stephen Perse Pre-Prep School after purchasing Madingley School Pre-Prep on the retirement of the previous owners. The Stephen Perse Pre-Prep is situated in Madingley,a village outside Cambridge.
The site includes a brand new dining room, hall, library, visual arts centre and a new sick bay, with renovations in other classrooms. All classrooms contain interactive whiteboards. There is a class 3 listed gymnasium on site too, as well as ICT rooms which were available to use before school, after school and at lunchtimes.
The school also contains a fenland nature reserve, astroturf playing fields and a pavilion.
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