Blog Author: Kate Rambridge

...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…

This is what we found out on Tuesday 7 October, which saw the launch of the Elite  Scientist Project for 2025-26.

The project will be run by Krisztina Losonci, who has worked with Brunel University, as well as other academic institutions on Synaesthesia.  Currently Krisztina works for  Nine…

The Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) is a national charity that supports students to complete their own STEM research projects. This year, we are working with IRIS to undertake our own research and contribute knowledge to the wider scientific community. 

IRIS works with researchers to…

A Level students enjoyed a unique study day at the Leake Street Archives to mark 35 years since the fall of the Wall.

Students learnt more about the events leading up to the fall of the wall through an immersive film installation, several workshops and activities surrounding the peaceful…

30 students from William Perkin 6th Form enjoyed a fantastic trip to visit CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucéaire) and experience the city of Geneva in Switzerland. Here are some of the highlights enjoyed by the A-level Physicists:

Day 1

An early start with a 6am flight out of…

Students from Year 8 and Year 9 have been working on a project from STEMKart. Previously they had a lesson in which they learned about the design, engineering and ergonomics of a Formula 1 car. This was followed up by a very exciting practical lesson today in which they were able to put their…

This year's Founders Day was packed full of stimulating, hands-on experiences for the whole school to participate in.

One of our sixth formers has produced an article about the day:

Article written by: Kaylan | Edited by: Kalina |

On this year’s Founder’s Day, students were off timetable…