St Peter's Catholic School, Guildford

In its own words: "St Peter's is a community that supports one another through life experience and academic learning, and ensures every member feels individually valued. Our Catholic ethos permeates throughout the school to ensure the dignity of the child and we value the opportunities for personal and community reflection that stems from celebrating being 'Christ to all'."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to this year's Keynotes which highlights many of the school's amazing attributes, activities and student experiences."

In 2026, pupils at St Peter's Catholic School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 62.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.8 in Surrey and 47 across England.

78% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Surrey and 47% in England.

That is down from 63.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.13: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 46.4, against 63.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 260 families put St Peter's Catholic School as their first choice and 713 named it as one of their preferences, for 206 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 65 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Peter's Catholic School are George Abbot School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 60.4); Christ's College, Guildford (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.7); Guildford County School (2.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 59.2); and Kings College Guildford (3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.8).

St Peter's Catholic School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

St Peter's Catholic School is one of 23 schools run by Xavier Catholic Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 62.3 in 2024/25.

Of the 209 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 96% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 18% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 139 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 76% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 15% into work. 39% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is London Road (Guildford) Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Peters School (outside), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Peter's Catholic School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, St Peter's Catholic School issued 58 suspensions, 4.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to St Peter's Catholic School are Merrow Junior School (0.2 miles), St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Boxgrove Primary School (0.3 miles) and Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.