Established 1895 Headmaster Mr Adrian D Meadows Phone +44 1733 343357 Number of students 600 | Religion Church of England DfE URN 110910 Tables Founded 1895 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Type Independent school
Day school Location Thorpe Road
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE3 6AP
England Address Thorpe Road, Peterborough PE3 6AP, United Kingdom Profiles | ||
Peterborough School, formerly Peterborough High School, is an independent school located in Peterborough, England. Founded as a day school for girls (with girl boarders until July 2013), it is now a coeducational day school.
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Overview
Peterborough School is an independent school educating boys and girls from ages 6 weeks to 18 years. It is situated on a campus in central Peterborough. As a Woodard school, Peterborough School is a member of the largest collection of independent Church of England schools in England and Wales.
History
The school was established in 1895 as a girls' day school on Park Road, Peterborough, and moved to the present ten-acre site at Westwood House, Thorpe Road in 1936. The school was originally called "Peterborough High School" and changed its name to Westwood House in 1936. In 1991 the name changed to "Peterborough High School". The school became a charitable trust and was incorporated into the "List of Woodard Schools" (Woodard Corporation) in 1968. The school is managed by its own governing body, some of whose members are Woodard Fellows.
Boys were first admitted into the junior school. Its success and the demand of parents led the administration to extend coeducation to the rest of the school from September 2010.
At the High Court in London in January 2004, a father failed to compel Oxfordshire County Council to pay £2,500 a year towards the child's £4,000 a term fees.
The school ended boarding at the end of the summer term in July 2013.
Academics
In the 2009 GCSEs 56% achieved A*-A grades. The following year, it achieved a 100% pass rate with 64% gaining all A* or A grades.