St Peter's School圣彼得中学

About the school
St Peter's School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 3 to 18 years. Pupils up to the age of 8years are educated at Clifton School and Nursery, those aged from 8 to 13 years at the junior school, St Olave's, and those aged from 13 to 18 years atthe senior school, St Peter's 13-18. Each section of the school has a separate head but theHead Master of St Peter's is in overall charge. There are four boarding houses for senior pupilsand one for junior pupils.

Founded in AD 627, the school moved to its present site in Clifton in 1844. Since the previousfull inspection in 2010, the school has built a new swimming pool, refurbished the MemorialHall, created a new reception area, and upgraded boarding accommodation and most classrooms. The school belongs to a charitable foundation, overseen by a governing body.

What the school seeks to do
The school aims to combine a high quality, all-round education with an exciting approach to learning. It seeks to engender the school's seven Christian values of friendship, trust, wisdom, compassion, endurance, humility and hope in its pupils.

About the pupils
The day pupils come from a wide area in Yorkshire, from professional, business and farming families. About one third of boarders are from overseas. Nationally standardised test dataprovided by the school indicate that the ability of the pupils is above average. The school hasidentified 75 pupils as having special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), which include dyslexia and specific learning difficulties, 14 of whom receive specialist support fromthe school. English is an additional language (EAL) for 73 pupils, of whom 17 receive additional support. There is one pupil with a statement of educational need. The school has not identifiedthose being the most able in the school's population.

National Curriculum nomenclature is used throughout this report to refer to year groups in the school.