A leading independent prep school in Somerset, offering excellence in education for 2-13 year olds
Well done to our U8s who took part in the Millfield Football Tournament this weekend. The boys had a brilliant afternoon of football and played their socks off. Many thanks to our friends at Millfield and Port Regis for some great matches.
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Many thanks to Mr Salmon and Mr Vandvik from Canford for an informative visit this week. They had a tour of the school, ran a Q&A session with our Year 8 pupils about the transition to senior school and enjoyed lunch with selected pupils in Years 6 and 7. We look forward to seeing you both […]
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Congratulations to the Perrott Hill Show Jumping team who were victorious at the Royal Windsor Horse Show Qualifier last weekend and have booked their places to compete at the prestigious event in Windsor in May. In the individual competition, Anouska and Lola came 1st and 2nd respectively. What impressive achievements – we are very proud […]
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Congratulations to Year 7 pupil Alistair, whose short story ‘Stranded on Mars’ was Highly Commended at the St Mary’s Shaftesbury Born to Write competition this week. “I was staggered by the quality, the standard of writing and the pupils’ willingness to push their imagination,” said BBC journalist and Wellcome Book Prize judge, Razia Iqbal, who presented […]
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To kick off our World Book Day celebrations yesterday, we held a special assembly to announce the winners of our creative writing competition. From Year 3 pupil Horatio’s fantastic use of imagery to build the tension in My Scary Journey (‘the thorns looked like fingernails that were going to scratch me,’ he wrote) all the […]
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Our Perrott Young Farmers paid a visit to the North Perrott Fruit Farm this weekend for the grand opening of their 24/7 organic whole milk vending machine, in conjunction with Holy Cow Organic. This is the first whole milk vending machine South Somerset and West Dorset, offering people the chance to purchase milk with zero miles and zero […]
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Many thanks to Old Perrott Hillian Meg Dyos, who gave a captivating lecture to Years 3 to 8 recently about her row across the Pacific in 2015-16 as part of the Coxless Crew. The all-female team rowed 8,446 miles, setting two world records and raising more than £65k for their charities, Walking With The Wounded and Breast Cancer […]
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More exciting scholarship news… Congratulations to Henry, who has been awarded a Rugby Scholarship to Millfield, and Georgina, who has gained a Drama Scholarship to Milton Abbey. Two well-earned accolades – very well done to you both.
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We are thrilled to bits to see Perrott Hill highlighted in The Week’s Independent Schools Guide, as part of their revered ‘best of the best preps’ feature. We are one of only 15 schools across the country to be selected – and the only one to have been singled out for our excellent extra-curricular programme […]
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Year 4 have been busy in the art studio this week, creating these brilliant foam prints inspired by Inuit art. During break, a smaller group have been looking at fashion design using recycled materials, with some impressive creations on display.
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