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Welcome to St Peter’sPreparing our pupils for confident, successful and fulfilled adult lives and to make a positive impact on their world

We achieve this through our four pillars

Qualifications

Interests

Values Humility

Friendship

Wisdom

Compassion

Trust

Endurance

Hope

Broad and varied co-curricular programme

Sport

Music

Drama

Arts

Community

SkillsEmotional Intelligence

Leadership

Social Influence

Creativity

Originality

Initiative

Resilience

Flexibility

Problem Solving

All of these skills are crucial in adult life

and help foster wider personal skills

Top 100 in the Sunday Times Parent Power list 2019

Top 15% value added score

85% A*-B

95% A*-C

2019 A Levels

46% Grade 9-8

98% Grade 9-4

2019 GCSE

92% A*-B

98% A*-C

2020 A Levels

53% Grade 9-8

99% Grade 9-4

2020 GCSE

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Educate, Inspire andCommunicate

Our campus provides the space and resources to

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St Peter’s was founded in

but it takes more than that to make a school like St Peter’s...

3 Schools provide a seamless educational journey

5 boarding houses

Co-Ed day school

Excellentnot elitist

50acres of

land

Located in the centre of York, at the heart of the community

Opportunitiesto expand minds

St Peter’s 2-8 Winner of TES Prep/Pre Prep School of the Year 2018

St Peter’s 13-18 winner of Sunday Times Schools Guide Northern Independent School of the Year 2019

SCHOOLSGUIDE2019

NORTHINDEPENDENTSECONDARYSCHOOLOF THE YEAR

1160pupils

400

over

staff £16m

Contributing

to the local economy

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Music and Drama

Regular concerts and services at school, York Minister and

across the UK

21Different instruments

taught

Drama Studio, plus Memorial Hall and

Shepherd Hall for regular theatrical productions

Performing at Shakespeare School’s

Festival

17Musical ensembles

ranging from choirs to ensembles and bands

100Music exams with ABRSM, Trinity and Rock Schools.

72 with distinction or merit

Tours including New York, Paris, Venice and Barcelona

Regular theatre trips

LAMDA exams taken, 4 at distinction or merit

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National theatre connections

Drama workshops

15 Sports and Over 250 Teams!

Boys CricketNational - IAPS U13 Cricket

national competition - winners. Regional - 1st XI cricket - North of England

finalists in National T20 Competition.County - U12 Cricket Bunbury Cup

Yorkshire winners.

Girls CricketNational - U15 Development

Squad - T20 Invitational Tournament winners.

NetballRegional - U14/U16/U19 - netball finalists - U14 finishing 3rd.

County - U14/U16/U19 - York & District Winners. U14/U16/U19 - County qualifiers.

TennisNational - U18 finalists and U15 quarter finalists, Eton Independent

National Schools Tournament. Regional - U15 won the North Yorkshire Aegon National Competition.

U13 LTA tennis boys and girls regional winners.County - U14 & U18 winners York Junior Tennis Leagues.

RugbyNational - Rosslyn Park Sevens - U16 winners,

U18 semi-finalists, U14 quarter finalists.County - U13 Rugby McCarthy Yorkshire Cup winners.

SwimmingNational - Bath & Otter Cup

4x50m senior Freestyle Relay.Regional - John Parry Relays - North England

U15 Finalist Medley & Freestyle.

Boys HockeyNational - U13 England National Hockey Finalists.

Regional - U13 North East of England Hockey Winners, U16 North East Champions, North of England Qualifiers.

County - U11 Boys Yorkshire Hockey winners.

Girls HockeyNational - U13 England National Hockey Finalists.

Regional - U13 North East of England Hockey Winners, U16 North East Champions, North of England Qualifiers.

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Clubs and Activities

Animal Projects Club, Art, Badminton, Bassoon Group, Beginners Theory, Body Con, Book Club,

Boys’ Barbershop, Boys’ Choir, Brass Ensemble, Breakfast Strings, CCF, Cello Ensemble, Chamber Choir,

Chapel Choirs, Chess, Chess Club, Chess Coaching, Clarinet Choir, Clarinet Group, Community

Action, Computer Club, Construction, Cookery Club, Cricket Club, Cricket Nets, Cross Country, Cross

Training, Cross Keys, Debating, Decorated Textiles, Double Bass Ensemble, Drama Club, Drama Production,

Duke of Edinburgh Award, Early Morning Swim, Eco Club, Fencing, Film Club, Fitness, Flute Group,

Football, Geology and Fossils Club, German Club, Girls’ Barbershop, Girls’ Cricket, Grade 1 - 3 Music

Theory, Guitar Group, Gym, Happiness Club, Hockey Club, International Movie Club, Italian, J1 Tennis, Jazz

Band, Junior Art Club, Junior Science Club, Just Draw, Karate, Keystone Magazine, LAMDA, Lego Masters,

Little Big Band, Mindfulness, Netball, Percussion Group, Piano Trio, Quiz Club, Radio 627, Recorder Consort, Rock

Band, Rowing, Rugby 7s, Running, Saxophone Quartet, School Choir, Science Club, Squash, St Olave’s

Chapel Choir, Story Club, Street Dance, Skiing, String Group, String Orchestra, String Quartet,

Strings Ensemble, Swim Squad, Swing Band, Tag Rugby, The Olavite Club, The Sound Crowd, Trampoline,

Ukelele, Water Polo, Wind Band, Yoga, Yoga Bomb, Yoga Bunnies, Zen Warriors.

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Continually Investing in Facilities

Dining roomopened in 2019

£0.75minvestment

Providing

50,000meals per annum

Multi Use Games Area/St Peter’s 2-8 Playground

opened 2019

£0.25m investment

2019PASCAL BUILDING

Modern foreign languages allow pupils

to thrive in a global setting

Mathematics is taught in an innovative, inspiring

environment

Campus facilities made available for our local community to use

New Boathouse

£1.2m investment

£5.1minvestment

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Partnerships and Community

Proud to work alongside

Volunteering and fundraising with local charities including:

PUBLIC LECTURES

NORTHERN LEARNING CONFERENCE

Member - York Independent State

Schools Partnership

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One World

Phasing out single use plastic bottles on site

Reduction of single use plastics by 85%

St Peter’s Alumni

Pupil ledeco-committees

Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plotter

Thomas Clifford AllbuttPhysician

Frank PickTransport

Katherine DownesBBC Presenter

Helen AustinBritish Rower

Christine KellyEntrepreneur

Johnny BairstowCricketer

John BarryComposer

Greg WiseActor

Sir Joseph TerryConfectioner

Dr Angus BowieClassicist

Fleur KeithActor

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