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St Peter's Catholic School

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · Roman CatholicSurrey, South East · Guildford GU1 2TNTrust: Xavier Catholic Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,360of 1,050 places
Free school meals
7.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
212
Ofsted
Outstanding, 15 May 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Peter's Catholic School (URN 125276, until 1 September 2019).

What the data says

Of the 208 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Peter's Catholic School in 2023, 68% stayed on in St Peter's Catholic School’s own sixth form (Surrey average 29%), 10% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Among the 133 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 56% went to university (Surrey 41%, England 37%), and 50% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 63.6 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 77% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Surrey and England.

St Peter's Catholic School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSt Peter's Catholic SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort20811,758607,348
Any sustained destination98%94%92%
Stayed in education97%89%86%
— school sixth form68%29%34%
— sixth form college18%32%13%
— further education college10%26%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment2%3%
No sustained destination2%4%6%
Destination unknown2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

St Peter's Catholic School
Surrey
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSt Peter's Catholic SchoolSurreyEngland
Students in the cohort13310,235541,441
Any sustained destination88%82%79%
University (higher education)56%41%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students50%24%19%
Further education2%4%5%
Apprenticeship4%5%7%
Employment24%32%28%
No sustained destination7%12%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureSt Peter's Catholic SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)63.650.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths77%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths93%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects29%44%41%
EBacc average point score5.474.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort6%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils43.532.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils64.954.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language8%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics211100%88%40%22%94%
English Language21099%89%33%20%95%
English Literature20999%86%42%21%98%
Religious Studies20898%31%59%32%91%
Combined Science14568%65%21%9%94%
History8741%41%55%26%91%
Business Studies8138%18%38%20%91%
Art and Design6933%7%64%24%97%
Spanish6933%19%55%27%91%
Physics6531%23%78%46%100%
Biology6531%23%82%45%100%
Chemistry6531%23%78%47%100%
Geography6531%41%57%25%94%
Design and Technology4320%11%21%23%79%
Computer Science3918%13%49%30%82%
Food Preparation and Nutrition3918%8%31%21%87%
French3818%18%61%29%95%
Physical Education3617%11%50%24%94%
Drama2311%7%57%27%100%
Music209%5%50%33%95%
Polish63%1%100%84%100%
Portuguese21%0%50%
Italian21%0%53%
Chinese21%1%75%
Japanese10%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Additional Mathematics FSMQ5335%
Health Studies1510%
Small Business Management75%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureSt Peter's Catholic SchoolSurreyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study297
— of whom A level students1527,325261,341
Average A level gradeB+B-B-
Average points per A level entry42.8437.1935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsB+B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects36%18%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics5335%31%
Psychology4026%23%
Economics3422%13%
Business Studies3221%13%
Chemistry3120%17%
Biology2919%20%
History2919%13%
Physics2013%12%
Further Mathematics1812%5%
English Literature1510%11%
Fine Art149%3%
Media Studies149%4%
Sociology149%13%
Geography139%10%
Religious Studies139%4%
Computer Science128%5%
French107%1%
English Language107%4%
Product Design96%2%
Drama85%2%
Classical Civilisation85%1%
Physical Education64%3%
Polish0%
Textiles1%
Spanish2%
Japanese0%
Music0%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)139%
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*96%
Health StudiesBTEC National Foundation Diploma L3 - Band H - P-D*85%
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Business StudiesBTEC National Diploma L3 - Band J - PP-D*D*
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (All)
Nutrition / DietVRQ Level 3

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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.