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'{{short description|Public school in York, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Use British English|date=February 2015}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox school | name = St Peter's School, York | logo = St Peters school york logo.jpg | coordinates = {{coord|53.966418|-1.092850|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | motto = Super Antiquas Vias<br />("Over ancient ways") | established = AD&nbsp;{{start date and age|627}} | closed = | type = [[Public school (United Kingdom)|Public school]]<br />[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Private]] day and [[Boarding school|boarding]] | religion = [[Church of England]] | president = | head_label = Headmaster | head = Jeremy Walker | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = [[St Paulinus of York]]{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} | specialist = | address = St Peter's | city = [[Clifton, York|Clifton]]<br />[[York]] | county = [[North Yorkshire]] | country = England | postcode = YO30 6AB | local_authority = [[City of York Council]] | urn = 121724 | dfeno = 816/6002 | ofsted = | staff = | enrolment = {{c.|1,000}} | gender = [[Co-educational]] | lower_age = 2 | upper_age = 18 | houses = *Dronfield (girls' boarding) *The Rise (girls' boarding) *Linton (boys' boarding) *The Manor (boys' boarding) *Clifton (day house) *The Grove (day house) *Queen's (day house) *School House (day house) *Temple (day house) *Hope (day house) | colours = Brown, Blue, White<br>{{color box|brown}}{{color box|blue}}{{color box|white}} | publication = | free_label_2 = Former pupils | free_2 = [[:Category:People educated at St Peter's School, York|Old Peterites]] | free_label_3 = | free_3 = | website = https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/ }} '''St Peter's School''' is a co-educational [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private boarding and day school]] (also referred to as a [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]]), in the English City of [[York]], with extensive grounds on the banks of the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]]. Founded by [[St Paulinus of York]] in AD&nbsp;627, it is considered to be the third oldest school in the world although some historians take a more sceptical view.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/enwiki/static/5c62d8bb809d8e27588adcc0/t/5d039e6506046d0001bd34a5/1560518251215/A+History+of+St+Peters+School+1557+-+1644+at+Union+Terrace+Site+-+Paul+Toy.pdf|title="A History of St Peter's School circa 1557 – 1644 at the Union Terrace Site"|accessdate=27 January 2023}}</ref> It is part of the York Boarding Schools Group.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Schools|url=http://www.yorkboarding.co.uk/schools|publisher=York Boarding Schools Group (YBSG)|access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref> The school accepts pupils aged two to eighteen. ==History== [[File:St Peter's school, York.jpg|thumb|left|St Peter's School, York]] [[File:St Peter's School York by T Boys YORAG-R2386.jpg|thumb|St Peter's School, York in {{circa|1870}}]] Founded in the English city of [[York]] by [[St Paulinus of York]] in the year AD&nbsp;627,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/stpeters_info.asp?pid=1&sid=28|title=About the School|publisher=St Peter's School|access-date=17 January 2012|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521172324/http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/stpeters_info.asp?pid=1&sid=28|archive-date=21 May 2012}}</ref> the school was originally based at [[York Minster]]. An early headmaster, [[Alcuin]] (Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus), went on to be Chancellor to the Emperor Charlemagne, and founded several of the earliest schools in mainland Europe. It is the [[List of the oldest schools in the world|third oldest school in the world]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mortimore |first=M.&nbsp;J.&nbsp;A. |title=Bridlington School: A History |page= 13 |location=Hutton Cranswick, East Riding of Yorkshire |publisher=Alan Twiddle Publishing |year=1999 |isbn=1-902508-03-3}}</ref> For most of its history, the school was a boys' school, but welcomed girls into the [[sixth form]] from 1976 before becoming fully coeducational in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/?pid=1&sid=28&ssid=919|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424173022/http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/stpeters_info.asp?pid=1&sid=28&ssid=919|url-status=dead|title=St Peter's School, York|archive-date=24 April 2013|website=www.stpetersyork.org.uk|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> ==Campus== The school grounds are located near the centre of [[York]] and stretch to the banks of the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]]. The main front of the school faces along [[Bootham]]; this is the oldest part of the site.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}} Boarding Houses Wentworth and Rise border the main campus, while Linton, Dronfield and The Manor are located across the road from the main school front accessible by footbridge. In the 2000s the school expanded its site under Headmaster Andrew Trotman to include the new lower campus, formerly the site of [[Queen Anne Grammar School|Queen Anne's]], a state school that had been recently closed. The move was not without its challenges, including the distance between the old and new sites and the dissection of a public footpath.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}} ==St Peter's 2–8== {{Main|St Peter's 2-8}} St Peter's 2–8 (formerly Clifton Pre-preparatory School) is the pre-prep school to St Peter's School, York. St Peter's 2–8 is located on the Upper Campus of the school, next door to the senior school which runs along the main road of [[Bootham]] in the centre of [[York]]. The current Head of St Peter's 2–8 is Phil Hardy. In February 2018, Clifton School and Nursery was named as the best pre-prep/prep school in the annual [[TES (magazine)|TES]] Independent School Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tes.com/news/winner-pre-prep-prep-school-year-clifton-school-and-nursery|title=The winner of pre-prep/ prep school of the year is: Clifton School and Nursery |work=[[TES (magazine)|TES]]|date=8 February 2018|accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> In summer 2020 Clifton Pre-Preparatory School and Nursery was renamed St Peter's 2–8 and, in April 2021, St Peter's 2–8 was named the best pre-prep school and independent school of the year in the annual [[TES (magazine)|TES]] Independent School Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isawards.co.uk/2021/en/page/winners|title=Winner of the independent school of the year award 2021 |work=[[TES (magazine)|TES]]|date=30 April 2021|accessdate=5 August 2021}}</ref> ==St Peter's 8–13== {{anchor|St Peter's 8-13}} St Peter's 8–13 (formerly St Olave's School) is the junior school to St Peter's, with grounds on the banks of the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]]. The current Head of St Peter's 8–13 is Andy Falconer. St Olave's was founded by Reverend Henry Andrew Wilson in 1876 and named after its original site of St Olave’s House in [[Marygate]]. The school was acquired by St Peter's School in 1901<ref name=hist>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/st_olaves/about/history_of_st_olaves |title=History of St Olave's |publisher=St Peter's School |access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> and St Olave's was renamed St Peter's 8–13 in 2020.<ref name="york.ac.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/about-us/department/daab/andy-falconer/|title=Andy Falconer – Archaeology, The University of York|website=www.york.ac.uk|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=April 2019}} In September 2001, St Olave's moved from the White House (the Chilman Building), and its half of the Queen's Building, to the newly acquired Queen Anne site. The pre-prep, St Peter's 2–8 (formerly Clifton Prep) moved from its original 19th-century building on The Avenue to occupy the buildings previously used by St Olave's. St Peter's 8–13 is now located on the Lower Campus of the St Peter's School, which is also home to the senior school Biology and Art Departments. ==Controversies== '''Complaints:''' In 2006, St Peter's School closed a public footpath running through the school grounds using ''The Countryside and Rights of Way Act'' 2000. This was hotly disputed by local people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkstories.co.uk/york_walks-3/clifton_right-of-way.htm|title=footpath closure|access-date=24 November 2014}}</ref> '''Expulsions:''' In 2014, four students were expelled, two for use of illegal drugs and two for inappropriate use of social media. A significant amount of parental dissatisfaction was reported due to poor communication about these matters. North Yorkshire Police noted that no report had been made to them with regards to the drugs offences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11113728.st-peters-school-pupils-excluded-after-drug-inquiry/|title=St Peters School Pupils excluded after drug enquiry|accessdate=21 January 2023}}</ref> '''Initiation Rituals:''' In 2018 a former pupil reported in The Times that boys were subjected to humiliating and painful initiation rituals such as being shot with BB guns, hit in their genitalia with pool cues, and locked in closed spaces for hours at a time. The same pupil also reported being waterboarded with Listerine. Alistair Dunn, the school's acting headmaster, said in response that "St Peter's is a caring and nurturing school and initiation rites are unacceptable."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pool-cue-to-the-groin-at-top-public-school-7kqqcbclb|title=pool cue to the groin at top public school|website=[[The Times]] |accessdate=21 January 2023}}</ref> '''Residential Development:''' In 2022, St Peter's submitted an application to develop land in the green belt of York, behind the school. The plan would turn green fields on the flood plan into artificial sports fields and a large car and coach park. The plan would also turn a neighbouring narrow cul-de-sac into a busy through road for coaches and cars, with over 100 local residents submitting complaints to the council with regards to this development. Local residents have reported health and safety concerns for their families, as well as the loss of grass verges and protected ancient trees on the road. [[York Central (UK Parliament constituency)|York Central]] MP [[Rachael Maskell]] and local councillors have expressed alarm over the impending redesignation of this land as educational facilities, removing the green belt protection. They noted that the site was already in a flood level 3 area and that as recently as 2015, local houses next door to St Peter's were flooded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23257893.york-councillor-alarmed-st-peters-land-removed-green-belt/|title=york councillor alarmed st peters land removed green belt|accessdate=21 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23181633.st-peters-school-plans-road-blasted-local-residents/|title=st peters school plans road blasted local residents|accessdate=21 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-63875211|title=neighbours oppose plans for school car park|accessdate=21 January 2023}}</ref> '''Sexual Offences:''' Thomas Marriott, a recent teacher at St. Peter's, appeared in York Magistrate's Court in early 2023 relating to charges of seven sexual offences against a teenage girl at the school. He faces three charges of sexual activity with a girl when he was an adult acting in abuse of a position of trust, and four of inciting or causing a girl to engage in sexual activity when he was an adult acting in abuse of a position of trust. A spokesperson for St. Peter's was quoted in the York Press as saying that 'the safeguarding of our pupils is of paramount importance to us. All of our staff receive rigorous training, and we work closely with statutory and advisory bodies to ensure that our approaches are thorough and up to date.'<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23395338.thomas-marriott-accused-sex-offences-st-peters-school-york/|title=Thomas Marriott accused of sex offences at St Peter's School, York|access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ==Academic== The school has a history of high academic achievement across all age ranges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/?ssid=&sid=46&pid=4&id=386|title=St Peter's School, York|website=www.stpetersyork.org.uk|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/?ssid=&sid=46&pid=4&id=385|title=St Peter's School, York|website=www.stpetersyork.org.uk|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> Latin is compulsory for the first four years of study<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/?pid=14&sid=94&ssid=246|title=St Peter's School, York|website=www.stpetersyork.org.uk|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> and also offered at GCSE and A Level.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/?pid=5&sid=52&ssid=175|title=St Peter's School, York|website=www.stpetersyork.org.uk|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> Religious Studies is a compulsory GCSE subject.<ref name="st-peters.york.sch.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/?pid=5&sid=53|title=St Peter's School, York|website=www.stpetersyork.org.uk|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> ==Sport== A wide range of activities are available at the school: these include rugby, football, hockey, netball, tennis, cricket, rowing, athletics, basketball, badminton, cross-country, climbing, squash, swimming, weight training, trampolining, water polo and aerobics. The school has sporting fields, gymnasiums, an indoor swimming pool, two multi-sport indoor centres, tennis courts, multi-use astroturf pitches, a rifle range, and a boathouse. For 27 years, cricket was coached by [[Keith Mohan]]. In 2002 the school's U15 rugby team won the national [[Daily Mail Cup]] competition and the U18 team were narrowly beaten in 2005 in the final against [[Exeter College, Exeter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/features/336076/glorious-nearly-men-of-st-peters-will-keep-trying/|title=Glorious nearly men of St Peter's will keep trying|first=The Rugby Paper|last=Team|date=1 May 2021|accessdate=19 July 2023}}</ref> In 2011 the U16 team won the [[University of Central Lancashire|UCLAN]] Northern Schools Floodlit Competition and in 2019 the U16 sevens team won the national [[National Schools Sevens|Rosslyn park]] competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schoolssports.com/CompetitionMicrosite/Competition.asp?TSID=1309|title=Competition Microsite – UCLAN Northern Schools U16 Floodlit Competition|access-date=24 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/17600485.st-peters-under-16s-make-history-prestigious-rosslyn-park-national-schools-sevens-tournament/|title=RUGBY SEVENS: St Peter's U16s make history at prestigious tournament|date=26 April 2019|website=York Press|accessdate=19 July 2023}}</ref> St Peter's School Boat Club was founded in the 1850s and is one of the oldest school rowing clubs in the world. It has had success at international level with over 28 GB 'vests' earned by Peterites since 1998. The school 1st VIII first competed at [[Henley Royal Regatta]] in 1968 and has competed in both the [[Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup|Princess Elizabeth]] and the [[Fawley Challenge Cup|Fawley]].<ref>The Peterite 1968, https://issuu.com/stpetersyorkalumni/docs/60-379_oct_1968</ref> The school has won nine medals at [[National Schools' Regatta|The National Schools' Regatta]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nsr.org.uk/|title=Results can be seen here|access-date=24 November 2014}}</ref> 12 medals at The National Championships and had 25 appearances at Henley (both Men's and Women's), all since 1991. The school's [[Combined Cadet Force]] developed from the [[Officers' Training Corps|OTC]] established at the school in 1913.<ref>Raine, History of St Peter's School York p.185</ref> The school's shooting contingent placed in the top three teams of the Marling Challenge Cup at [[Imperial Meeting|Bisley Imperial meeting]] five times during the 1960s alone, winning twice, while the highest placing in the [[Ashburton Shield|Ashburton]] was third in 1971. The first recorded inter-school Squash match was held between [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College|Haileybury]] and St Peter's in the run up to the first Drysdale Cup. The school won the public schools' squash (then the Drysdale Cup) twice and came second three times. ==Music== The School Choir averages over 150 members a year,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/st_peters_13_18/life_at_st_peters/music|title=Music|website=www.stpetersyork.org.uk|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> but there is also a more selective Chapel Choir as well as an elite Chamber Choir. Highlights of the choral calendar include the Carol Service at York Minster, as well as Evensongs at the Minster and elsewhere including regular Evensongs at St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. The school has Barbershop Quartets, a Brass Group, Chamber Groups, a Choral Society, a Close Harmony Group, String Orchestras, String Quartets, Swing Band/Traditional Jazz, a Symphony Orchestra, Senior Wind Band, Woodwind, Quintets and Quartets. ==Headmasters== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Headmasters |- | * [[Paulinus of York|Paulinus]] 627 * [[James the Deacon|James, The Deacon]] 630–660 * [[Wilfrid]] I 668 * [[Bosa of York|Bosa]] 691 * [[John of Beverley]] 705 * [[Wilfrid II (bishop of York)|Wilfrid]] II 718 * [[Ecgbert of York|Egbert]] 732 * Albert 766 * [[Alcuin]] 778–782 * Laurentius Sirius 1094 * Robert 1120 * Murdach 1130 * Gwydo 1140 * Walter de Nessam 1266 * Alexander of York 1350 * John of York 1368 * Walter Heriez 1397 * John de Rishton 1400 * John Brockholes 1410 * John Saxton 1426 * John Marshall 1426 * W. Marshall 1426 * Gilbert Pinchbeck 1426 * Master Gilbert 1453 * Roger Lewsay 1457 * John Hamundson 1465 * John Gylliott 1484 * James Sheffield 1486 * Christopher Holdsworth 1531 * Master Amler 1535 (Royal Charter) * Rev. John Fletcher 1565 * Rev. William James 1575 * Rev. John Pulleyn 1576 * Rev. John Bayles 1590 * Rev. Canon William Thomas 1595 * Rev. John Johnson 1614 * Rev. Christopher Wallis 1638 * Rev. William Langley 1660 * William Thomlinson 1679 * Rev. W. Herbert 1711 * Rev. Zachariah Blake 1726 * Rev. John Blake 1757 * Rev. John Robinson 1784 * Rev. Isaac Grayson 1793 * Rev. [[Stephen Creyke]] 1827 * Rev. [[William Hewson (theological writer)|William Hewson]] 1838 * Rev. Archdeacon [[William Hey (priest)|William Hey]] 1844 * Rev. Richard Elwyn 1864 * Rev. Henry M. Stephenson 1872 * Rev. George T. Handford 1887 * Rev. Edward C. Owen 1900 * [[Stanley Toyne|Stanley M. Toyne]] 1913 * Aubrey J. Price 1936 * John Dronfield 1937 * Peter D. R. Gardiner 1967 * Peter Hughes 1980 * David Cummin 1984 * Robin Pittman 1985 * Andrew Trotman 1995 * [[Richard Smyth (cricketer, born 1951)|Richard Smyth]] 2004 * Leo Winkley 2010 * Jeremy Walker 2019 |} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/userfiles/spsymvc/documennts/Head%20masters.pdf|title=List of Head Masters|website=www.stpetersyork.org.uk|accessdate=19 February 2023}}</ref>{{better|reason=primary source|date=May 2023}} ==Notable Teachers== *[[Richard Spruce]] *[[George Yeld]] *[[Keith Mohan]] *[[Guy Shuttleworth]] *[[Miggy Biller]] *[[Charles Patteson]] *[[Lowther Clarke]] ==Houses== The school has ten day- and boarding houses, and each house has its own colour. Dronfield (pink) and Rise (white) are girls' boarding houses; Linton (baby blue) and The Manor (gold) are boys' boarding houses. The rest are day houses: Clifton (yellow), The Grove (red), Queens (purple), Temple (green), School (maroon), and Hope (orange). The [[house system]] is a long-standing tradition throughout the school's history. The houses are physical, located in various buildings and parts of buildings throughout the school campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/?pid=1&sid=44|title=St Peter's School, York|website=www.stpetersyork.org.uk|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> ==Boarding== St Peter's has received an overall quality rating of 'Outstanding' in their 2007 Ofsted Boarding Inspection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/CARE/SC015837|title=Ofsted review|access-date=24 November 2014}}</ref> ==Religion== The school has a Chapel with compulsory services three mornings a week. Eucharist is also held once a term and there are special services to mark Festivals in the [[Liturgical year|Christian calendar]].<ref name="Chapel"/> A service is held on [[Remembrance Sunday]] during which all pupils place poppies on the book of remembrance in the [[Ante-chapel]] (which contains names of alumni killed in conflict). The school's Christmas Carol Service is held in [[York Minster]].<ref name="Chapel">{{cite web|url=http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/stpeters_info.asp?pid=3&sid=42|title=Chapel|publisher=St Peter's School|access-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> [[Religious education]] is compulsory at the school until Sixth Form,{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} and is taught by both academic staff and the school's two Church of England clergy. ==York Minster== [[York Minster]] has a long connection with St Peter's, as the school's founder was an [[Archbishop of York]]. This relationship is also evident in the school's name, which mirrors the formal title of the Minster, ''The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter''. At its foundation, the school was probably housed next to the earliest cathedral building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkminster.org/learning/the-minsters-history/|title=St Peter's association with York Minster|access-date=24 November 2014}}</ref> At the end of each academic year a Commemoration and Prizegiving service is held in the Minster and a Carol Service is also held there at Christmas. The school choir often sings in the Minster and in the 2006/2007 year they participated in ''[[Verdi's Requiem]]'', which brought together the wider York community.{{clarify|date=November 2022}} St Peter’s School is now the home of York Minster’s Choristers, after the closure of the [[The Minster School, York|Minster School]] in summer 2020. ==Traditions== *'''Morning Prayers''' – all members of the school attend chapel on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays *'''Eucharist''' – a whole school [[Eucharist]] service takes place each term and at other significant Christian festivals.<ref name="Chapel"/> *'''Uniform''' – the school has a brown uniform featuring the "cross keys" of St Peter for all pupils (except members of the Sixth Form). The old woollen blazer was later replaced with a more modern cotton jacket. Other changes to the uniform have also taken place, including the removal of ties for female pupils, who now wear an open blouse. In Sixth Form, dark suits must be worn. *'''Gowns''' – the school has a tradition of gowns which reflect pupils' authority or commitments. These are worn during public events such as services at [[York Minster]] and during school events (including Chapel and Assembly). The Head Boy and Head Girl wear brown, followed by the Head Master's Prefects who wear navy. These are issued during the 'gowning' at First Assembly each academic year. Members of the Chapel Committee and choirs wear red gowns, which are fuller depending upon level (Chamber Choir; Chapel Choir; School Choir). School masters also wear collegiate gowns for services and public events. *'''Capping''' – is the practice of reward for exceptional sporting achievement and is awarded at the end of the relevant sports season. *'''5 November''' – on [[Guy Fawkes Night]], the school does not partake in the common tradition of burning a 'Guy' on the bonfire, as [[Guy Fawkes]] was an Old Peterite (alumnus).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/|title=St Peter's School, York|website=www.stpetersyork.org.uk|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> There is, however, a long tradition of putting on a firework display for the Boarders.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/iloveny/people/guy_fawkes/school.shtml|title="We don't burn effigies of old boys"|work=BBC North Yorkshire|access-date=24 November 2014}}</ref> *'''[[Fagging]]''' – the tradition of younger pupils serving older pupils was abolished in 1977. ==Notable alumni== {{See also|Category:People educated at St Peter's School, York}} {{alumni|date=May 2023}} Below is an abridged list. A more complete listing can be found at the category link above. '''Sport:''' *[[:fr:Andrew Springgay|Andrew Springgay]] – professional [[Rugby union|rugby]] player for [[Aviron Bayonnais]], [[SU Agen]] and England A *[[Jonny Bairstow]] – first class [[cricketer]] for [[Yorkshire]] and England *[[Sam Bond]] – professional [[bodybuilder]] and TV personality on [[Gladiators]] *[[Oli Denton]] – professional [[rugby union]] player for [[Leeds Tykes|Leeds Carnegie/Leeds Tykes]] *[[Tom Denton (rugby union)|Tom Denton]] – professional [[rugby union]] player for [[Leeds Tykes|Leeds Carnegie]] *[[David Kirby (cricketer)|David Kirby]] – first class cricketer *[[Frank Mitchell (sportsman born 1872)|Frank Mitchell]] – first class [[cricketer]] for [[Yorkshire]] *[[James Thompson (racing driver)]] – [[auto racing]] driver and commentator for [[Eurosport]]'s [[World Touring Car Championship]] coverage *[[Peter Wackett]] – professional [[rugby union]] player for [[Leeds Tykes]] *[[Norman Yardley]] – English [[cricketer]] '''Academics and historians:''' *[[Frederick Henry Marvell Blaydes]] – renowned [[classical scholar]] <!-- *[[Andrew Bowie]] (not mentioned in his article, so not linked - a day-boy in Temple c. 1965-1970)--> *[[Angus M. Bowie]], classical scholar *[[Henry Darnley Naylor]] – classical scholar *[[Henry Dodwell]] – an [[Anglo-Irish]] writer, scholar, theologian and controversialist *[[William Fishburn Donkin]] – Professor of Astronomy, University College, Oxford *[[George Edmundson]] – Academic *[[Christopher Hill (historian)|Christopher Hill]] – English [[Marxism|Marxist]] historian *[[Daniel Lightwing]] – Mathematics prodigy *[[C. Northcote Parkinson]] – naval historian and author of some sixty books, the most famous of which was his bestseller [[Parkinson's Law]] *[[Francis W. Pixley]] – accountant, [[barrister]] and author; was [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for [[Buckinghamshire]] *[[Harold Dennis Taylor]] – Inventor *[[John Francis Walker]] – Lecturer in Chemistry, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge '''Artists and media figures:''' *[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] – composer, best known for composing 11 [[James Bond]] soundtracks *[[Katherine Downes]] – television presenter, specialising in sports coverage *[[Jeffery Dench]] – English actor *[[Laurence Eusden]] – became Poet Laureate in 1718 *[[Harry Gration]] – broadcaster with the [[BBC]] *[[Rob Heaps]] – English actor *[[Justin Hill (writer)|Justin Hill]] – English novelist *[[Charles Legh Naylor]] – composer and organist *[[James Pigott Pritchett Jr|James Pigott Pritchett]] – architect *[[Basil Radford]] – film actor *[[Mark Simpson (journalist)|Mark Simpson]] – journalist, writer, and broadcaster specialising in pop culture, media, and masculinity credited with coining the word ''[[metrosexual]]'' *[[Jimmy Thompson (actor)|Jimmy Thompson]] – actor, writer, and director *[[Greg Wise]] – English actor '''Political figures:''' *[[Neil Carmichael (Conservative politician)|Neil Carmichael]] – British Conservative Politician *[[James Clappison]] – British Conservative politician and vice chair of the Conservative friends of Israel group *[[John Healey (politician)|John Healey]] – British labour politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/foundation_alumni/alumni_news/1042-shadow-housing-secretary-returns-to-st-peters|title=Shadow Housing Secretary returns to St Peter's|website=www.stpetersyork.org.uk|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> *[[John Arthur Jackson]] – British Conservative politician *[[Alan Mak (politician)|Alan Mak]] – Conservative Member of Parliament for [[Havant (UK Parliament constituency)|Havant]] *[[Sir John Rodgers, 1st Baronet]] – British Conservative politician *[[Frank Swettenham]] – British colonial official *[[James Wharton, Baron Wharton of Yarm]] – British Conservative politician '''Religious figures:''' *[[George Forrest Browne]] – clergyman, became [[Bishop of Bristol]] *[[Maurice Harland]] – 20th century [[Bishop of Durham]] *[[Robert William Bilton Hornby]] – an [[antiquarian]], priest, and [[Lord of the Manor]] of [[Heworth York]] *[[Thomas Morton (bishop)|Thomas Morton]] – Bishop of Durham<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/enwiki/static/5c62d8bb809d8e27588adcc0/t/5ce6addce79c706322deba99/1558621661169/A-History-of-St-Peter%E2%80%99s-School-circa-1557-%E2%80%93-1644-at-the-Union-Terrace-Site.pdf|title=A History of St Peter's School circa 1557 – 1644 at the Union Terrace Site|publisher=York Archaeological Trust|first=Paul|last=Toy|accessdate=1 June 2023}}</ref> *[[Henry Herbert Williams]] – Bishop of Carlisle '''Judges:''' *[[John B. Mortimer|John Mortimer]] – Judge of the [[Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal]] and President of the Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam '''Armed forces:''' *[[Ian Baker (British Army officer)|Ian Baker]] – Assistant chief of the General Staff *[[Frank Bingham]] – [[army officer]] who died in [[World War I]] *[[Walbanke Ashby Pritt]] – British [[World War I]] flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He flew with the [[Royal Flying Corps]] in 1917/1918; flying [[Sopwith Pup|Sopwith Pups]]. *[[Craig Lawrence]] – Former director of joint warfare *[[Neill Malcolm]] – Second World War Chief of Staff in the fifth army *[[Charles Medhurst]] - Air Chief Marshal and commander-in-chief of RAF Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Command '''Business leaders:''' *[[Gordon Gibb]] – prominent businessman, owner of theme park [[Flamingo Land Resort]] and former director of [[Bradford City Football Club]] *[[Frank Pick]] – manager in transport sector including [[Underground Group]] and [[London Passenger Transport Board]] *[[Joseph Terry]] – confectioner who presided over [[Terry's|Joseph Terry & Sons Ltd.]] '''Historical figures:''' *[[Guy Fawkes]] – conspirator of the [[Gunpowder Plot]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9230|title=Fawkes, Guy (bap. 1570, d. 1606)|last=Nicholls|first=Mark|year=2004|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=17 January 2012}}{{Subscription required}}</ref> *[[Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet]] – gentleman of the bedchamber of Charles I *[[Thurston Hunt|Robert Middleton]] – Catholic Martyr *[[Edward Oldcorne]] – Catholic Martyr executed on suspicion of involvement in the plot *[[Oswald Tesimond]] – Jesuit clergyman with foreknowledge of the conspiracy *[[John and Christopher Wright]] – conspirators in the [[Gunpowder Plot]] '''Criminals:''' *[[Sarah Panitzke]] – until 2022 "Britain's most-wanted woman"<ref>{{cite news |title='Most wanted' conwoman jailed after going on run to Spain for a decade |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/most-wanted-conwoman-jailed-after-8289107 |access-date=2 May 2023 |work=HullLive |date=25 March 2023}}</ref> ==See also== *[[The Minster School, York]] *[[List of the oldest schools in the world]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ;Secondary sources *{{cite book | title=A history of St Peter's school published in the year of the school's 1350th anniversary | editor-last= Hamilton | editor-first= D.&nbsp;M. | date= 1977 }} ==External links== *[http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/ St Peter's website] *[http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/st-olaves/ St Olave's website] *[http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/clifton/ Clifton Pre-prep website] *[http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/opclub/framesOP.htm Old Peterite Club] *[http://www.stpetersboatclub.co.uk Boat Club website] *[http://www.isc.co.uk/schools/england/yorkshire-area-north/york/st-peters-school Profile] on the [[Independent Schools Council|ISC]] website {{Schools in North Yorkshire}} {{Public schools in England}}{{Schools in York}}{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Peter's School, York}} [[Category:Private schools in York]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in the 7th century]] [[Category:People educated at St Peter's School, York| ]] [[Category:Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference]] [[Category:Boarding schools in North Yorkshire]] [[Category:7th-century establishments in England]] [[Category:Church of England private schools in the Diocese of York]] [[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 627]]'