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In just the past two weeks, we've had three visits from William Perkin alumni. They were able to advise our Year 12 and Year 13 students on their university applications to dentistry, medicine and humanities courses.

It is great to see our alumni doing so well - thriving at university or…

Biology CASE Seminar on “The Red Queen Effect”

 – by Inana Aleismy, Year 12 William Perkin CofE High School

On Thursday 26^th September, around 25 Year 12 Biologists came together for a very interesting seminar led by Mr. Robarts, on evolutionary biology.

We covered the Red Queen effect,…

Mishcon de Reya are holding a free law insight evening for students in Year 12 and 13 who are considering a career in law. Students will hear directly from the firm about the work they do, routes into the profession and what the application and assessment process really involves.

This will take…

KPMG have opened applications for their 2027 apprenticeships in Audit, Tax and Corporate Services - school leaver routes into a Big Four firm, where students earn a salary from day one and study towards a professional qualification or a degree with dedicated study time built into the…

It's never too early to think about your future pathways and careers, so we will start sharing different opportunities and events on this part of the website.

This Saturday (26th September), there is a "Get into Dentistry" webinar, held on Zoom between 9am and 1.30pm. This conference is…

Welcome to the Careers and CIAG blog here at William Perkin. We will be posting lots of information and updates on careers and CIAG here so watch this space! 

Careers and CIAG at William Perkin.

...this was something the students learnt from Dr Emma Slater (Interim Student Recruitment Manager), who gave an interesting talk about SHMS (School of Health and Medical Sciences).  

On Friday 8 May, The Elite Scientists presented their research findings on their project: " Effect of various…

Our Meteor Camera, based on the roof at William Perkin, is capturing meteors across our night skies (see some of our images), which is great!

Our camera is part of UKMON (UK Meteor Observation Network). The data is all stored in Canada, and if anyone wants to use our Data for…

On  Tuesday 27 January, Krisztina from Nine Lyrae, came into see the students watch videos, such as the Radio 4 Shipping forecast (Neutral video). 

The students are now going to analyse their data to see the effect of various film types (happy, sad and neutral), on their blood pressure.  The…

During December and January, the Elite Scientists have been measuring their blood pressure before, during and after sad, happy and neutral videos. The students are already seeing effects on their blood pressure. If you want to find out more, watch this space! Well done to all the students working…

On Tuesday 9 December, the Elite Scientists had a little competition to design a class table for all their data on Excel, in anticipation of collecting their blood pressure data for subsequent weeks. The winning table will be used to contain all the data.  

They are seeing the effect of emotive…

Tuesday 11 November 2025, saw Krisztina Losonci from Nine Lyrae, come in and give an introduction into the blood pressure project.

The Elite Scientists were very eager to find out more about this project.  The session involved Krisztina giving a brilliant talk about the project, asking…