Our vision
Our vision reflects our shared sense of purpose, aiming to create an environment that supports each person’s success whilst recognising the importance of working together to build a strong, purposeful community and a sense of belonging.
A leading independent co-educational day school: a community where every individual thrives.
“Individuality continues to be championed – there are no identikit students here, just high-achievers in charge of their own future. As the school gears up to celebrate its 300th anniversary, there’s exciting change afoot. From September 2026, Sir William Perkins’s will start welcoming boys in Years 7 and 12, with a view to becoming fully co-educational by 2030.”
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Our mission
To champion the individual and build confidence, integrity, and excellence. Our holistic education promotes innovation and creativity both inside and outside the classroom. Our values of curiosity, ambition and generosity enable our students to go beyond academic success, leaving the school as conscientious, world-ready individuals.
Our values
- Curiosity
- Ambition
- Generosity
We seek to nurture in every student the values of curiosity, ambition and generosity. Curiosity about our world and our future. Ambition for ourselves and for others. Generous with our thoughts, our gifts and our time. We seek to build confidence, integrity, and excellence in a caring, innovative, and happy community, so that each pupil leaves having been given the best possible chance of achieving their full potential, taking with them sound values, breadth of skills and knowledge, and ready to take on the world.
“They are lively young people who enjoy learning, think independently and have energy and passion in their personal drive for success.”
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We aim to create a warm, tolerant and kind community where students can be themselves and make friends for life. We want them to play their part in our community and in the community beyond SWPS.
