Perins School


Perins School is a comprehensive co-educational academy, sports college and secondary school in New Alresford, Hampshire, England. The school was founded in 1696 by Henry Perin.

Performance

Perins has been a well performing school, achieving GCSE pass rates well above the national average. 72% of pupils obtained five or more GCSES grade C or above including maths and English in 2009, compared with the national average of 47.6%. In 2000, OFSTED reported that pupils' attainment had risen from "above average" to "well above average". In the 2010 OFSTED inspection report it was given outstanding status. In 2013, it was given good status. This status has been maintained since, with the latest report in 2022.

Houses

The houses used to be named after space shuttles.
However, in 2016, the new headteacher added a new house and changed the names of the existing ones. The changes and addition are as follows:
  • Ignis house formerly Endeavour
  • Terra house formerly Challenger
  • Ventus house formerly Discovery
  • Aqua house the new house

    Buildings

Seven main buildings

  • Pascal:
  • Eliot: - Eliot and Pascal were built in the 70s.
  • Rousseau: The original school house
  • Ibsen:
  • Newton:
  • Stephenson:.
  • The buildings' names are combined to create the acronym of the school's name, PERINS, and are consequentially in order as you move from the top to the bottom of the school.
  • Turing: A new block behind Evolution, was built to accommodate the growing maths department. Upon completing the new building, Pascal became entirely for the English department, construction began in late 2013 and was finished by the Summer Term of 2014.

    Other buildings

  • The Hub and Ibsen:
  • Evolution:
  • School office:
  • Connected to the school office:.
  • Sports Hall: To the back of Stephenson, there is an additional building which holds what is known as the sports hall

    Management

Head teacher

Since 2024, the head teacher has been Mark Nevola.

Feeder schools

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

Sexual assault case

In 2025, a former teacher at the school was found by the Teaching Regulatory Agency to have sexually assaulted a pupil at the school in 2018. He was banned from teaching.

Notable alumni