The Perse School

The Perse Upper School is a fee-charging, academically selective, independent secondary co-educational day school in Cambridge, England.The school was founded in 1615 by Stephen Perse. Its motto is Qui facit per alium facit per se, usually taken to mean "He who does things for others does them for himself".The Perse School began accepting girls at 11+ and 13+ in September 2010 and became fully co-educational in September 2012.HistoryThe school was founded in 1615 at its original site in Free School Lane, Cambridge.From 1945-1976 it was a Direct Grant school offering free places to 40% of pupils. Following the abolition of the Assisted Places Scheme, The Perse no longer received any state funding and became independent.The School is a founder member of the Strategic Alliance of Global Educators (SAGE).MottoThe school motto is Qui facit per alium facit per se, usually taken to mean "He who does things for others does them for himself". This is an example of a rebus motto, the Latin sentence ending in a word play on the founder's name "per se" and his benefaction. A blue plaque dedicated to the school's founder, Dr Stephen Perse, can be found in Free School Lane, Cambridge.Competitions, olympiads and scholarshipsPupils regularly compete and score highly in academic competitions and Olympiads, in addition to winning awards including Arkwright Engineering Scholarships and Nuffield Research Placements (previously Nuffield Science Bursaries). Students have won scholarships for summer placements at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and research institutes in Heidelberg, Germany.