Perins School

Perins School — A Community Sports College is a community Sports College and secondary school located in New Alresford, Hants, England. It is commonly referred to as Perins School, and its previous name was Perins Community School. The school was granted specialist status for leading the field in the area of sports within Hampshire. The school has received an award for improved performance, and its size has increased significantly as more students are attracted by its higher reputation.

Blocks

The school consists of the blocks: Pascal(Maths and English) Eliot(Geography, Art, ICT and RE) Rousseau (Modern foreign languages, RE and History) Ibsen (Music and Drama) Newton (Science) Stephenson(DT and Food Technology/Textiles)If you look at the bold words, first letters it spells out Perins. It also has The Hub which includes two drama studios and the Evolution sports block with a gym and PE classroom.

Head Teacher

As of 2008, the head teacher is Mrs. Janice Bernard, who took up her post in September 2000. The previous head teacher, Mr. Glen Strong, presided over significant improvements in performance, and was in post from 1994. In 2000, OFSTED reported that pupils' attainment had risen from "above average" to "well above average". The school has 948 students in the 2004-2005 school year, with 961 anticipated for the next year. [http://www.hants.gov.uk/education/schools/budgetshares/2005/0/4130.html] . The number of students enrolled at Perins has grown consistently in recent years. As recently as 2001 there were only 761 students enrolled.

Notable Visitors

In recognition of the school's improvement, in 2000 British former Prime Minister Tony Blair presented the head teacher with an award for the school as one of the 36 most improved in the country over four years. He described the heads as "entrepreneurs of the new century".

Community Activities

The school provides important cultural and sporting facilities for the town and the surrounding area. The town's "facilities group" reports that its Main Hall compensates for the relatively limited capacity of Alresford Town Hall, but notes that school facilities are not always exploited to capacity. The local community is also expected to benefit from the new dance studio, fitness suite, and second sport hall which has recently been developed due to the new "sport college" status. In 2004 Perins also shared a National Lottery grant of £151,000 to develop sports facilities in Hampshire, splitting the money with another Sports College in Eastleigh, in the south of the county. Perins will soon have a science status which is sure to improve the school in the future.

Feeder Schools

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

ports

Because Perins School is a sports college (status achieved in 2002), a new sports block has been built. The new sports block has a dance studio complete with plasma tv and dvd player, a new gym called Evolution, 1 classroom and changing rooms.

Perins has recently had a new area changed into A new Pastoral Suite and Sports office to the back of the School office enabling more space and better facilities.

Teaching staff

* Senior Management
** Headteacher - Janice Bernard (Took over from Glenn Strong in 2000.)
** Deputy Headteacher - Colin Harris (Left for retirement at the end of the academic year 2007/8)
** Deputy Headteacher - Mark Nevola (Joined the Senior Management in 2007.)
* Head of departments
** Art - Miss Billington
** Drama - Mrs Baker
** English - Mr Charde.
** Geography - Mr McKenzie (Stepped down from this role at the end of the academic year 2007/8)
** History - Miss Thomas
** Information Communication Technology - Mr Williams
** Maths - Mr Pratt
** Modern Foreign Languages - Mrs Roots
** Music - Miss Holmes
** Physical Education - Mr Whybro
** Religious Education - Mrs Brierley
** Science - Miss Davies
** Technology - Mr Richards

Notable alumni

*Alexa Chung, TV presenter, former model, fashionista and girlfriend of Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner (musician).
*Russell Howard, Stand up comedian and regular on BBC comedy series "Mock the Week".
*Chris Geere, Actor on BBC Drama series "Waterloo Road" playing the role of Matt Wilding.
*Dan Kieran, Author (Crap Towns) and travel journalist for The Times

External links

* [http://www.perins.net Perins School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/116/116417.pdf OFSTED inspection report]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/677212.stm "Blair honours improved schools"] article by the BBC describing Perins School's improved schools award.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/850_4130.stm BBC report] on Perins School
* [http://www.hants.gov.uk/education/schools/schools.php?dfes=4130 School information] from the Hampshire County Council
* [http://www.perins.net/moodle] Perins moodle

References

* [http://www.alresford.org/ap-facilities.htm Alresford action plan - facilities]
* [http://www.thebiglotteryfund.org.uk/newsroom/release.aspx?prId=395 thebiglotteryfund.org.uk]