The Perse Upper School is an independent school for pupils in Years 7 to 13 located between Hills and Long Road in the south of the city of Cambridge.

Saunders Boston Architects were initially appointed directly by The Perse School to provide a range of additional indoor sports facilities which would include a 5 court Sports Hall, Climbing and Abseiling centre and a 25m swimming facility for their 1,200 pupils.

The new sports centre was designed as three core areas; a ‘wet’ side containing a pool and associated changing, a ‘dry’ side containing a sports hall and climbing hall, and a central street that provides link and spectator spaces between all of the facilities. 

The swimming pool is a deck level six-lane, 25m short course pool suitable for everything from lane swimming to learning to swim and beyond. The Dry Side Sports Hall can accommodate 5-A Side football, Netball, Basketball, Hockey and Indoor Cricket.

The street provides entrance and reception to the building whilst linking all of the sports facilities in terms of access and viewing.
 

Images courtesy of Willmott Dixon