Thanks to Your Support

Each year we receive donations from across the St Peter’s community, that help us to increase access to St Peter’s and enhance the range of opportunities and experiences we are able to provide pupils, that will help them grow and develop as they prepare for their next steps after St Peter’s. These opportunities are only made possible by our passionate donors. Thank you all.

We want to extend our sincere thanks to all our donors, and highlight some of the projects that have taken place in the last year:

A Gift to be Remembered

Old Peterite Andrew J E Hodges (1967) a Former Mayor and Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Guildford, died on 12 April 2022.

Andrew will be remembered for his involvement with local government and his voluntary contributions to many organisations and charities throughout Guildford.

Andrew was a long-standing supporter of St Peter’s and a founding member of the 627 Society, he made regular donations to support bursaries and the Boathouse Campaign in his lifetime. Andrew left a significant donation in his will to continue to support of the work of Independent Education following his death in 2022.

Andrew’s gift will be used to help support pupils who otherwise would be unable to attend St Peter’s as part of the school’s Help With Fees bursary programme.

Language Immersion Award

One family has created an annual award to encourage exposure to language for our pupils. The award was created to help support pupils in their ambitions to travel to ‘immerse’ themselves in language and culture. Last year pupil, Valentina, was able to travel to Peru and to practise and use the language. Valentina was also able to support local communities, providing information on dental hygiene and care during her trip.

This was the first time the award had been made since travel stopped due to covid. It was wonderful for Valentina to take advantage of this award and benefit from all the trip had to offer.

This year, the award has just been made for Summer 2023 and two pupils will be travelling by train across France and Germany to help them in preparation for their A Level studies, and exposure to European Politics and International Relations, in addition to the immersion in language and culture the trip will provide.

Mission Discovery Takes Off

Old Peterite Colin and Christine Lang wanted to offer pupils a unique experience driven by their love of space and interest in new discoveries, which they hope to foster in the next generation. Inspired by a childhood memory of watching the moon landings, Colin has been fascinated ever since. Colin and Christine funded the first Mission Discovery places for two St Peter’s pupils which took place last summer in 2022.

The programme is run by ISSET and is a weeklong residential course that gives pupils the chance to work in small groups, with talks from astronauts and NASA scientists to help them design and develop an experiment that could be chosen to go to space!

In September 2023 we were able to welcome Colin and Christine to school to hear from the first two pupils who attended Mission Discovery in July 2022 at King’s College, London.

Sophie and Roman presented to their peers and told them about the experiences they had and the fascinating experiments they created as part of the programme, resulting in Colin and Christine generously funding two further places for July 2023.

The aim in all we do is to strengthen the connections that the Old Peterite community have with each other and the school. This year with your help we have achieved:

576 Hours

Archive volunteering - around 576 hours each year from our 3 volunteers!

500 Events

14 OP and community events 2022-2023, attended by over 500 OPs and guests

£500

Raised

OP Collection Event - £500 raised for bursaries

40 Hours 16 Mentors 124 Pupils

Mentoring Hours May 2022 - April 2023 = 40

Number of Mentors = 16

Pupils Mentored = 124

Mentoring Kaeli Wishart

The Mentoring Programme has provided a unique experience for our pupils to engage with an incredible variety of professionals from our Alumni.

Forging professional relationships over a four week period, covering a breadth of topics during their Zoom

Acting Head of Careers -

86 Attendees

3 x Reunions organised with 86 OP attendees meetings has equipped our young people with skills they need beyond the gates of St Peter’s. In addition to these symbiotic relationships, the Careers Department has also fulfilled two of the Gatsby Benchmarks; ‘Meaningful encounters with employers’ and ‘Experience of the workplace.’

We always welcome the opportunity to discuss ways in which you might consider supporting the school. If you have an idea you’d like to discuss please contact Philippa Dunford-Jeffs, Head of Development and Alumni p.dunfordjeffs@stpetersyork.org.uk 01904 527363