School Type: Boys

As they develop, young boys have different needs from girls: they are more verbal, more physically active, more susceptible to loss of confidence and demand more space. St Peter’s caters specifically for boys, providing an ideally suited environment without perpetuating harmful stereotypes.

SINCE 1950 ST PETER’S HAS SOUGHT TO

• Provide an environment that is happy and informal yet professional and effective.
• Recognise and develop individual potential, mindful that each child develops at a different pace and that each child has a need to achieve.
• Build the self esteem of each child.
• Prepare boys to excel to their potential at senior school and into adult life.
• Select, retain and invest in highly skilled staff who are seen as the school’s key asset.
• Use the best teaching, study and learning methods available internationally.
• Provide a curriculum that integrates personal growth, life skills, study skills and appropriate content.
• Apply up-to-date information technology.
• Encourage and teach teamwork and interdependence.
• Involve its entire community as a resource.
• Teach traditional values of respect and courtesy in a modern world.
• Promote its particular ethos as a stabilising factor in a fast changing world.

THE ST PETER’S ETHOS

St. Peter’s is an Anglican school, focused on academic excellence but within an environment that balances high academic standards with culture, sport, music and the overall development of each boy as an individual.

The characteristic of the school is that of a happy boy who enjoys learning and reaching his own potential in a variety of activities. This ethos is underpinned by a clearly defined system of respect for each individual. Excellent manners, honest and open communication and a strong feeling of community, prevail. The school seeks to balance tradition with the assimilation of modern developments to the benefit of boys who require stability as well as the ability to adapt in order to be successful in later life.

FACILITIES AND SPORT

As one of the premier preparatory boys’ schools in South Africa, St Peter’s has the finest and most extensive overall facilities to be found in this sector. In the words of the Headmaster, Greg Royce:

‘The prep school environment should expose pupils to as many types of sport as possible, preparing them for a potential choice to specialise according to their talent or determination, during or after senior school.

This is underpinned by the school’s successful approach of always balancing the competitive spirit inherent in sport with the ability to operate in teams, support other team members, act courteously and be gracious winners or losers.'

School Phase:

• Primary

Lowest Grade: Grade 0
Highest Grade: Grade 7
Boarding: Yes
Number of Pupils: 630
Founding Year: 1950
Religious Affiliation: Anglican
Lowest Tuition Fees Per Annum (2008): R37800
Highest Tuition Fees Per Annum (2008): R49200
Lowest Boarding Fees (inc. Tuition): R62040
Highest Boarding Fees (inc. Tuition): R73524
Examinations or Curricula:

• General Education and Training (GETC)

Postal Address: PO Box 37, Rivonia
Postal Code: 2128
Telephone: 011 705 3423
Fax: 011 465 7915
Website: http://www.stpeters.co.za/
Suburb: Bryanston
City/Town: Johannesburg
South African Province: Gauteng
Country: South Africa