, other_name = The Collegiate School of St Peter
, seal_image = St Peter's College, Adelaide Logo.svg
, seal_size = 150
, image = SPSC chapel and memorial hall.jpg
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, motto = la, Pro Deo et Patria
, motto_translation = For God and Country
, established =
, type =
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and
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, gender =
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, denomination =
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, headmaster = Tim Browning
, chaplain = Theo McCall
, enrolment = 1,497
, enrolment_as_of = 2018
, grades =
R–
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, grades_label = Years
, colours = Royal blue and white
, houses = Da Costa
Farr
Farrell
Hawkes
Howard
MacDermott
School & Allen
Short
Woodcock
Young
, campus =
Hackney,
Finniss
, campus_type =
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, location =
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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, country = Australia
, fees = A$27,310 (2020, Year 12)
, coordinates =
, pushpin_map = Australia South Australia
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, pushpin_map_caption = Location in
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St Peter's College (officially The Anglican Church of Australia Collegiate School of Saint Peter, but commonly known as Saints) is an
independent
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primary
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and
boarding
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school for
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located in
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,
South Australia
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, Australia. Founded in 1847 by members of the Anglican Church of Australia, the school is noted for its history and famous alumni, including three
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, forty-two
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, ten South Australian Premiers, the
2019 Australian of the Year and the
2020 AFL Brownlow Medallist.
Three campuses are located on the Hackney Road site near the
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in
Hackney. The Senior School (years
Year 9-
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) and Middle School (years
7-
8) comprises the bulk of the grounds and most of the historic buildings. To the south of the site are the Preparatory School (years
3-
6) and Palm House (
reception
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-
Year 2
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). The college also owns an
outdoor education
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campus in
Finniss, near
Lake Alexandrina. The school is a member of the
G20 Schools group.
St Peter's College is a day and boarding school and offers two
matriculation
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streams in secondary education: the
South Australian Certificate of Education
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(SACE) and the
International Baccalaureate
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Diploma (IB).
School performance
Academic
In 2021, St. Peter's College ranked equal 8th in South Australia and 358th nationally for academic achievement (including NAPLAN, ATAR, IBD). According to the Year 9 NAPLAN results in 2016, St. Peter's was above average in reading, writing, spelling and grammar and punctuation, and average for numeracy when compared to similar schools. When compared to all Australian schools it was substantially above average in reading, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy, while above average for writing and spelling. The school has 136 teaching staff and 132 non-teaching staff.
[https://www.myschool.edu.au/SchoolProfile/Index/112969/StPetersCollege/49813/2016 ]
In 2010 ''
The Age
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'' reported that St Peter's College ranked equal 7th among Australian schools based on the number of alumni who had received a top
Order of Australia
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honour. In 2014 ''
The Australian
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'' ranked the school third in South Australia based on overall NAPLAN results, behind girls' schools,
Wilderness School
, motto_translation = Always True
, established = 1884
, type = Independent, day and boarding
, denomination = Non-denominational
, slogan =
, principal = ...
and
St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School. It was ranked 16th in Australia for boys' schools.
St Peter's College, working with
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and
Lea Waters, has been instrumental in the development and implementation of PESA's positive education programs throughout Australia. The former Headmaster, Simon Murray, was Chairman of the Positive Education Schools Association.
Demography
Of the 1383 students attending the school in 2016, 72% of students had parents in the top quarter of Australian society in socio-economic terms, while 1% came from the bottom quarter. 1% of students have indigenous heritage, while 8% have a non-English speaking background.
Financial
According to the Australian government's MySchool website, in 2015 St. Peter's recorded a net income of $34.5m, 64% of which came from student fees ($26k from each student), 12% from the Australian government and 20% from private sources.
History
The origins of the school lie in the ambition of the early colonists to establish for their sons an institution equivalent to the
public schools from which they benefited in Great Britain. They founded the Church of England Collegiate School of South Australia, or "The Collegiate School", as a