17:40 Tuesday 14th May 2013
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CHRIS MANN: The Cambridge girls’ school that was the inspiration for the iconic St Trinians is to .. wait for it .. admit boys. Yes. The Stephen Perse Foundation is a group of private schools in Cambridge. It includes Perse Girls. It’s been girls only for a mere 132 years. But all that will change from September 2014. Tricia Kelleher is Primcipal of the Foundation and joins me in the studio. Tricia, hello to you.
TRICIA KELLEHER: Hello Chris.
CHRIS MANN: Thanks for joining us. before we talk about you admitting boys, let’s talk about the stadium if you will, because you’ve got fabulous facilities at The Perse, haven’t you? But still, you would have welcomed this? Or not?
TRICIA KELLEHER:I believe we would actually, because Cambridge is growing, and it strikes me that as a growing city, we need to have the right kind of facilities. I don’t know the details of it, but it just seeems a shame that we haven’t got a first rate stadium that can be used for lots of different sports by the community. Continue reading “The Stephen Perse Foundation School For Girls And Boys”