Academy · Surrey
St Peter's Catholic School
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Surrey council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 260 families put this school as their first choice, and 206 places were offered. 195 of the families who put it first got a place (75%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 206 | 260 | 75% |
| September 2025 | 204 | 285 | 70% |
| September 2024 | 206 | 234 | 82% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
These clubs are registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- LevelUP Sport & Fitness. Ofsted report
- MultiSports Guildford, holiday club. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 15 May 2024. Overall: Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1360 (capacity 1050)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
- Academy trust
- XAVIER CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Phone
- 01483534654
- Address
- Horseshoe Lane East, Merrow, Guildford, GU1 2TN
- Website
- st-petersschool.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.