Last updated October 2026
St Peter’s School is a private, co-educational secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at 1716 Cambridge Road, Cambridge. It opened in 1936 and had 1,223 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its website describes an independent co-educational school with an Anglican heritage, a chapel and school chaplains, offering NCEA and, for Year 12 and 13 students, the two-year International Baccalaureate Diploma, with six boarding houses for students in Years 7 to 13.
Co-curricular life includes sport, the arts, expeditions, service and clubs, and international students mostly live in the boarding houses and can take English language learning courses.
At a glance
- Principal
- Julie Small
- Address
- 1716 Cambridge Road, Cambridge
- Phone
- 07 827 9899
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 1,223 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
57 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a private school review from August 2022. Reviews of private schools are narrower than those of state schools: ERO checks whether the school still meets the legal criteria for registration, covering its premises, staffing, equipment, curriculum, tuition standards, managers and student safety.
ERO found the school met every criterion, including regular review of the policies and procedures that keep students physically and emotionally safe, and concluded that the school meets the requirements to remain registered as a private school.
ERO also reviewed the school’s care of international students and its boarding hostel. International students felt well supported by staff and peers and took part in leadership and extra-curricular activities, and the school was refining its orientation programme after its own review.
In the hostel, ERO found current policies, clear ways for boarders to raise safety concerns, secure houses and leave procedures, and daily access to a nurse.
Read the ERO reports for St Peter’s School (Cambridge)
Enrolling
St Peter’s is a private school, so tuition fees apply and are set out on the school’s fees page. Families complete an application form, may be invited to a family interview with a member of the senior leadership team, and receive a written offer if successful; the place is confirmed once the documents are returned and the acceptance fee is paid.
The school says there is no entrance examination, and applications for later years can be lodged as an expression of interest.
Schools nearby
In Cambridge near Hamilton
St Peter's School (Cambridge) is in Cambridge near Hamilton. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Cambridge near Hamilton guide →Questions parents ask
Is St Peter's School (Cambridge) zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,223 at 1 Sep 2026.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 97.4% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 22 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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