The summer of 2020 was one of the strangest in living memory for schools. For the Year 11s in particular the onset of the coronavirus outbreak drew a swift close to their normal end of year activities with all the GCSE exams cancelled, and social distancing preventing activities like Barnardo's Day, Sports Day, the Year 11 prom, and the Celebration of Learning.

The Stephen Perse Project was implemented to give these students the opportunity to continue to think, research and grow through this challenging period. The 20 entries contained within this volume cover a wide range of topics and ideas, and demonstrate the breadth of interest of our amazing students.