Among notable developments is the Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre, a 400-seat theatre, exhibition and rehearsal space designed by architects Haworth Tompkins,[6] which opened in 2018.

[8] Following the abolition of the Assisted Places Scheme, The Perse no longer received any state funding and became independent.

This is an example of a rebus motto, the Latin sentence ending in a word play on the founder's name "per se" and his benefaction.

[41] In 2018, The Perse School partnered with a Cambridge-based education technology entrepreneur, Rob Percival, to support the creation of an online artificial intelligence maths teaching platform.

Blutick in association with The Perse School, exhibited at the BETT Show in London, 2019[42] to launch a free beta version.

[43] On his blog the headmaster, Ed Elliott, described his 'ten second challenge' in which he would give students who "commit occasional minor misdemeanours (such as forgetting a book) the opportunity to talk their way out of a punishment".