St Peter's School, Huntingdon Explained

St Peter's School
Coordinates:52.3392°N -0.1855°W
Type:Academy
Trust:The Cam Academy Trust
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Christopher Bennet
Address:St Peter's Road
City:Huntingdon
County:Cambridgeshire
Country:England
Postcode:PE29 7DD
Local Authority:Cambridgeshire
Ofsted:yes
Urn:137248
Enrolment:1078
Gender:Co-educational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Website:https://www.stpetershuntingdon.org/

St Peter's School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Huntingdon in the English county of Cambridgeshire.[1]

History

St Peter's traces its origins back to a British School, established in 1871 on Grammar School Walk in the town centre.[2] This school relocated to a new building at Brookside, built in 1905, and was known as Brookside School.[3] In 1957 the school moved to its current site on St Peter's Road, opening as a secondary modern school. It later became a comprehensive school. In 2005 the school was granted specialist status as a Mathematics and Computing College.

Previously a foundation school administered by Cambridgeshire County Council, in August 2011 St Peter's School converted to academy status and is now sponsored by The Cam Academy Trust.[4]

Academics

St Peter's School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.[5]

Notable former pupils

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home - St Peter's School. www.stpetershuntingdon.org.
  2. Web site: Over 100 years of headmasters experiences recorded in school log book. www.huntspost.co.uk.
  3. Web site: Brookside School, Huntingdon - ('The Educational Palace').Image courtesy Frank Fielding.. huntingdon.ccan.co.uk.
  4. Web site: Our Schools - The Cam Academy Trust. www.catrust.co.uk.
  5. Web site: Sixth Form Admissions and Curriculum - St Peter's School. www.stpetershuntingdon.org.
  6. Web site: FOOTBALL: Huntingdon talent Kasey Douglas reflects on his senior Peterborough United debut at just 16 years of age. Mark. Plummer. www.huntspost.co.uk.
  7. Web site: Anne-Marie Hutchinson obituary. Catherine. Baksi. 19 October 2020. www.theguardian.com.