With 47 green acres in the heart of one of Europe’s most historic cities, St Peter’s is a school like no other. The fourth oldest school in the world, St Peter’s provides outstanding day and boarding education for around 560 boys and girls aged 13-18
- Founded in 627 AD, St Peter’s School is the fourth oldest school in the world
- We offer education from ages 2+ (rising 3) to 18 at three schools: Clifton School and Nursery (rising 3-8), St Olave’s School (8-13), and St Peter’s School (13-18)
- We are a co-educational school offering both day and boarding education
- Pupil numbers as of September 2019 are: 577 at St Peter’s, 358 at St Olave’s, and 225 at Clifton, totaling 1160
- The boy: girl ratio is around 6:5 across the school as a whole
- Approximately 143 pupils are boarders. Boarding starts at age 10
- Pupils from overseas usually make up approximately one-third of the boarding community, and 10% of the whole Senior School community
- In 2019, the A* - B pass rate was 85% at A-Level.
- In 2019, the 9 - 5 pass rate was 92% at GCSE.
- The majority of our pupils proceed to Russell Group of elite universities. Popular subjects include medicine, engineering, history, politics, and modern languages
- We employ approximately 380 individual members of staff of whom 130 are teaching staff
- The site occupies 47 acres
- Annual fees range from £9,570 in the Nursery to £18,705 (Day), £31,080 (Boarding), and £33,405 (Non-EU Boarding) in the Senior School
- Well-known alumni include: Guy Fawkes, composer John Barry, cricketer Jonny Bairstow, sports presenter Katherine Downes and actors Greg Wise and Fleur Keith
Our vision is to be a happy, thriving 3-18 co-educational day and boarding school community that combines a classical, high quality, all-around education with a forward-looking and exciting approach to learning.
We would like to build on our excellent reputation in the North and become known as one of the best all-around independent schools in the country. We will do this by always working to improve as we live the School’s Christian values together.
The Seven Values
The School's Seven Values are for every member of the St Peter’s School community to practice – pupils, teaching and support staff, parents, and governors – across the three schools.
- Friendship: To be a welcoming, caring, and inclusive community in which we can all feel valued and grow in confidence.
- Trust: To speak with honesty and conviction, to listen carefully and openly, and promote strong relationships of trust and loyalty.
- Wisdom: To develop enquiring minds and a lifelong love of learning, and provide the inspiration to achieve, through creative teaching and a breadth of co-curricular opportunities.
- Compassion: To encourage self-respect, care for others, and an active interest in the world beyond the school.
- Endurance: To work hard and participate with whole-hearted commitment and resilience, reflecting on our disappointments and shortcomings with honesty.
- Humility: To conduct ourselves with the generosity of spirit, praising effort and fair play, and celebrating our successes with modesty.
- Hope: To prepare for the future, always seeking to improve, and approaching each challenge and opportunity with energy and optimism.
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