Latest news from the Stephen Perse Sixth Form. You can also read our parent newsletters, written by the Head of School, here.
On 13 November Dr Guy Sutton, director of Medical Biology Interactive and honorary consultant assistant professor at the University of Nottingham Medical School, came to give a talk to our psychology and biology students.
On 16 October, a handful of senior and sixth form students attended the "Routes into Languages East" Mother Tongue Competition Celebration Event at the Murray Edwards College as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas.
The half-term Classics trip to Greece was a wonderful opportunity to see the world we had
been studying come alive.
Around forty parents attended a Sixth Form students Study Skills Parents’ seminar, presented by Elevate Education, on Tuesday 5 November evening at the Stephen Perse Sixth Form.
Elizabeth B from Year 12 recently attended a talk given by Julian Cooper and Tristian Simmonds at Magdelene college along with members of the art department about the art of mounting an exhibition of work by artist Anthony Gormley at the Royal Academy of Arts.
Our annual sixth form cabaret took place on Friday 11 October. The hall was transformed into a glittering jazz bar with fairy lights twinkling and candles flickering on red velvet tablecloths.
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This week students from the Stephen Perse Foundation and other local schools enjoyed a truly global experience at our International Universities Fair.
As a new government plan aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the UK to almost zero by 2050, a collaboration of schools across Cambridge came together for a Festival of Learning on 9 July to immerse students in the issues of sustainability and climate change and inspire young minds to develop an ambitious voice to change their future world.
In a year when the proportion of students achieving top grades at A Level is at its lowest
level for a decade, the Stephen Perse Foundation (SPF), a family of schools educating girls
and boys from nursery to sixth form in Saffron Walden and Cambridge, announce
outstanding results. Nearly two thirds of students have achieved three or more A* or A
grades at A-Level this year compared with the national results of just over a quarter (25.5%)
achieving an A grade or higher.
Last September, Stephen Perse Sixth Form Colleges introduced a new International Foundation Programme (IFP) to provide international students with fast track entry to top universities in the UK, Australia and Ireland. The one-year programme provides students who have completed secondary education in their home countries with specific tuition and guidance to prepare for higher education in the UK.
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Students who take the International Baccalaureate (IB) at the Stephen Perse Foundation (SPF) have achieved a remarkable average score of 40 points (the maximum being 45) - placing the school in the top group of IB schools both in the UK and worldwide.
Upper Sixth student Leo has been chosen to exhibit at the first ever Young Artists’ Summer Show at the Royal Academy of Arts. This achievement is even more impressive as his artwork was one of only 139 artworks chosen out of over 6,200 artworks submitted.
On 15 May the lower sixth A Level and IB Geographers attended a 'Student Meet' at The Perse School.
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On Thursday 9 May, the 6th Form College played host to a number of advisers from US and European universities and institutions who set up a mini-fair over the lunchtime for students from our Sixth Form Colleges who were curious about international applications.
On a blustery and at times a rather wet day, 15 of our students (and 1 staff member) all competed against the best in the County at the Cambridgeshire County Track & Field Championships at the Wilberforce Road Athletics Track.
On Monday 22 April, twenty one Year 10 and Year 12 students travelled to Cartagena to experience true Spanish culture and improve their language skills.
On the 26th April, three students from our Lower Sixth presented their project ‘Delta Flow’ to a panel of assessors at the University of Hertfordshire.
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