Campus

Location

St Peter’s School occupies 50 acres in Clifton, a historic district at York’s heart. Green expanses meet ancient city walls here, bringing nature and urban life within walking distance of each other. The campus organizes its three age divisions into separate buildings—junior years, middle school, and seniors with Sixth Form—which allows students to transition smoothly while remaining in familiar surroundings. A medical centre opened in 2024, staffed by doctors and psychologists around the clock.

Connection to the City

York sits two hours from both London and Edinburgh, and the school arranges free airport transfers at the start and end of each term. On Wednesdays and Saturdays, senior students freely explore the city centre, where museums, theatres, parks, and cultural venues welcome them. York Minster, the Gothic cathedral on whose lands St Peter’s School was founded in 627, holds particular significance in daily life. Students regularly attend services and concerts there, feeling connected to nearly fifteen centuries of history.

St Peter’s School Sports Infrastructure

The campus features two sports halls, a 25-metre pool, a fitness centre, and multi-use fields that host national cricket, hockey, and rugby tournaments. On the River Ouse’s banks stands the rowing club’s boathouse, where over a hundred students train. Open courts and athletics facilities enable the school to field roughly 250 teams across 15 sports each year, while its rowers regularly claim medals at national regattas and earn county squad selections.

• Tennis and netball courts
• Playing fields with varied surfaces
• Athletics facilities
• Boathouse on the River Ouse

Learning Spaces

Science laboratories equipped with modern tools support separate teaching of biology, chemistry, and physics from Year 5 onwards. Technology and design workshops house 3D printers, lathes, and laser cutters for project work. The music school comprises a recording studio, composition classrooms, and a concert hall, with 28 visiting teachers working alongside students. Alcuin Library holds around 14,000 books, audiobooks, and digital publications, while Sixth Form students can request materials from the British Library for their research projects.

• Art block with painting and ceramics studios
• Darkroom for photography
• Whitestone Gallery exhibition space
• Computer rooms for musical composition

Sixth Form Centre

In January 2026, the Victorian boarding house Wentworth opened its first phase as a new centre for senior students. Historic architecture merged with contemporary technology to create spaces for advanced study in politics, business, economics, art history, psychology, and research projects. By 2027, the centre will add a café, lecture hall, and research hub, completing the campus’s transition to a two-school structure—junior and senior divisions operating separately—according to St Peter’s School’s master development plan.