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School News Stellar exam results lead to success in
Perse quiz team crowned Junior Schools’
independent school league tables
Challenge champions
The Perse has ranked
Young Perse quizzers showed off their general
very highly in the
knowledge skills to clinch the Junior Schools’
independent school
Challenge crown in June. The Perse A team,
league tables produced
which included captain Malachy Wallace, Shaaon
by The Times and Daily
Bhattacharya, Yonas Atabani (all Year 8) and Vishrut
Telegraph. In the overall
Pisupati (Year 7), was in great form in the finals, held
table of A Level, Pre
at home in the Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre.
U and IB results for all
After beating St Olave’s School (1,140–350) and
schools and colleges, The
The Dragon School (670–470), Perse A met George
Perse was ranked sixth
Heriot’s School in the final and saw off their Scottish
nationally by the Daily
opponents 880–390 to take the title.
Telegraph, and was the top performing school in the
The national finals also featured a Perse B team,
East, with 83% of exam entries being graded A*–A.
drafted in at only a few days’ notice after one of the
At I/GCSE, The Perse was the top performing co-ed
schools due to attend could not take part. The team,
school in the country in The Times league tables, and
skippered by Andrew Girgis (Year 8) and featuring
eighth overall. The Perse achieved the best I/GCSE
Benya Atabani (Year 8), Harry Purvis and Freddie
results of any school in the East, with 94% of entries
Doel (both Year 7), put in a terrific performance to
being graded A*–A or 9–7.
come joint third.
Switched-on students win Making Business Happen Award
George Palozzi and Hal Bartlett (both Lower Sixth) won the Making Business Happen national final for business and enterprise, sponsored by NatWest and run by the University of South Wales. George and Hal had to present their business plan to a panel of five industry experts. OP News wins award!
Their design, the Chispa Switch, is a universal
OP News was named Best College Magazine at
switch that can convert an existing device or
The Cambridge Building Society’s Community
appliance into a smart device without the cost of
Magazine Awards in July. Judges praised the
upgrading. Professor Jonathan Deacon, of USW’s
“excellent design and print” and said the magazine
Faculty of Business and Society, said: “George and
was “extremely professional in content, design and
Hal are a shining example of entrepreneurial spirit.
production”. Thank you to all of our Old Perseans
The judges were impressed with their business
and friends who contribute to the magazine – we
planning detail and clear vision to adapt old and new
couldn’t do it without you!
technology to the end user.”
Summit 12 Expedition to Ladakh During the summer holidays, the Perse Summit 12 team of 40 students travelled to Ladakh, India, for an 18-day expedition. Students visited a number of local cultural sites before embarking on a 10-day trek. The trek included ascents of the ShangLa pass (4,940m), Matho La (4,965m), Yarlas (4,980m) and the Galap glacier (5,160m). Expedition leader Tom Slader said: “The whole experience was a cultural journey, developing a greater understanding of a different way of life for the people in Ladakh. I will always remember how rewarding it felt seeing all our young people deal so well with the challenges they faced and ultimately coming down the mountain happy and fulfilled having achieved so much.” 4
