St Peter's School

What St Peter's School does

St Peter's School is a state-funded secondary school located on St Peter's Road in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. The school operates as a constituent academy within The CAM Academy Trust, a company limited by guarantee (Company No. 0749 1945) registered in England and Wales with a registered office in Cambourne, Cambridge. It serves students aged 11-18 across secondary education (Years 7-11) and a Sixth Form (Years 12-13), with a reported headcount of 171 employees. The school's primary offering is a broad and balanced curriculum combining traditional A-levels (including sciences, humanities, maths, English, languages, and creative subjects) with a vocational Level 3 portfolio that spans BTEC Performing Arts, OCR Cambridge Technicals (IT, Health & Social Care, Sport), VTCT hairdressing/barbering/beauty, Active IQ fitness instructing, and AQA Applied Science. KS5 destination data shows 48% progression to university, 27.4% to employment, 12.08% to FE college, and 6.5% to apprenticeships, with a 94% Year 13 retention rate.

Name

St Peter's School

Legal name

St Peter's School

Website

https://stpetershuntingdon.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Career & Technical Education (CTE) Centers & Programs (EDAJAAAJ)

Keywords

• Secondary school education
• Sixth form provision
• Vocational qualifications
• Special educational needs
• Careers guidance

Headquarters

HQ city

Huntingdon

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

St Peter's School is a UK state-funded secondary school and sixth form located in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, operating as part of The CAM Academy Trust. It delivers secondary education (Years 7-11) and post-16 education (Years 12-13) combining academic A-levels with vocational Level 3 qualifications (BTEC, OCR Cambridge Technicals, VTCT, Active IQ). It also runs specialist autism provision (The Cabin) and a supervised training hair and beauty salon (Saints Hair Academy) open to the public.

Product overview

St Peter's School is a secondary school with a Sixth Form offering. The core educational product is the Sixth Form (Post-16 provision) which combines academic A-levels with vocational Level 3 qualifications, supplemented by work experience and enrichment activities. Supporting provisions include The Cabin (specialist autism support), Saints Hair Academy (training salon), and a comprehensive careers programme. The school offers a range of A-levels (Art and Design, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computer Science, English Language, English Literature, French, Further Maths, Geography, History, Maths, Photography, Physics, Psychology, Sociology) alongside vocational courses including BTEC Performing Arts, OCR Cambridge Technicals in IT, Health & Social Care, and Sport, plus VTCT hair and beauty qualifications and Active IQ fitness qualifications.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sixth Form Post-16 education provision offering a broad and balanced curriculum mixing level 3 courses with work experience and enrichment. Students can follow academic A-levels or vocational Level 3 courses.
• The Cabin (Specialist Autism Provision) A specialist autism provision offering a calm, structured environment with mainstream learning integration. Supports autistic students who benefit from low-aroused spaces alongside opportunities to access mainstream education.
• Saints Hair Academy A fully functioning training salon operated by Sixth Form students providing barbering, hairdressing, and beauty services. Offers real-world experience for students developing skills in the hair and beauty industry.
• Vocational Level 3 Qualifications A suite of vocational Level 3 qualifications including AQA Level 3 Applied Science, BTEC Performing Arts, OCR Cambridge Technicals (Information Technology; Health and Social Care; Sport and Physical Activity; Sport and Physical Activity Extended Diploma), Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Fitness Instructing, and VTCT Level 2/3 qualifications in Barbering, Hairdressing, and Beauty Make Up.
• Careers Programme Career education, information, advice and guidance services embedded across the curriculum with a dedicated Careers Team providing support for university applications, apprenticeships and employment.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CAM Academy TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt Peter's School is part of The CAM Academy Trust, a multi-academy trust. The trust provides governance and is registered as a company limited by guarantee (Company No. 0749 1945) with registered office at Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge CB23 6FR. The trust oversees multiple schools in the Cambridgeshire area.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• Cambridge Regional College: Large further education college in Cambridge offering Level 3 vocational and technical qualifications; competes directly for post-16 students weighing vocational rather than A-level pathways in the same region.
• Longsands Academy: State secondary school in St Neots, Cambridgeshire; comparable operating model and curriculum breadth, serving an overlapping rural-suburban catchment in the same county.
• Hinchingbrooke School: State-funded secondary school also located in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire; serves an overlapping catchment with comparable curriculum scope including a sixth form, making it the most direct local competitor.
• St Ivo School: State-funded secondary school in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, ~5 miles from Huntingdon; offers A-level and vocational pathways with a sixth form, competing for similar post-16 students in the wider county.

Regional players

• Kimbolton School: Independent school in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire; operates in the same county market and competes for some of the same families considering secondary options, though as a fee-paying alternative.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/StPetersSchoolHuntingdon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-peter-s-school

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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