Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building A GSG School
- Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building
Fitzwilliam Building
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
CB2 8AA - Head: Mr David Hewlett
- T 01223 454700
- E [email protected]
- W www.stephenperse.com
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 5 to 11.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Cambridgeshire
- Pupils: 257
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £14,625 - £18,489 pa
- Open days: Open Day dates available on school website.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Stephen Perse Senior School, Stephen Perse Junior School Dame Bradbury's, Stephen Perse Sixth Form
What The Good Schools Guide says..
A creative curriculum sets the pace for, 'learning how to think, having a toolkit of skills and an enquiring mind' and is praised by parents. 'we like the way they learn to think for themselves and to work independently.'In every room gripping displays of hieroglyphics, poems, woolly mammoths made out of old milk cartons......foyer-style entrance hall doubles as an art gallery and display space for the school's re-use,re-cycle ecological endeavours.Parents mention the 'nurturing' atmosphere of the school, 'It is a big enough school for them to pick and choose their friends but small enough for everyone to be known.'......great understanding that pupils' difficulties are not necessarily around academic progress...... Parents encouraged to be involved, breakfast is laid on for any who want to eat with their children after an early walk in or cycle ride...
What the school says...
Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building helps pupils to discover a love of learning and learn a love of discovery. We aim to develop inquiring, reflective, open-minded young people, prepared for the opportunities of the 21st century and equipped to play an active role in an increasingly international world.
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head of junior school Fitzwilliam Building
Head of junior school: Since 2019, David Hewlett, who transferred from Dame Bradbury’s, where he was the science co-ordinator, taught boys games and was responsible for digital learning. A degree in sports science from Brighton University, where he also completed his PGCE, led to teaching posts in both secondary and primary schools before arriving at Dame Bradbury’s in 2011. Has high profile around the school, at the gates each morning to greet pupils and parents, knows every pupil by name and makes himself very available by working often from a desk just behind the reception area: ‘It helps to be seen and not tucked away.’ Parents speak highly of his relationships with the pupils and his experience of another Foundation school: ‘He knew my son because he taught him...
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| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Perse Senior School | 2023 | 33 |
| The Perse School | 2023 | 6 |
| King's College School, Cambridge | 2023 | 1 |
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