The Petriburgian

25/09/2026

We are looking to recruit a Teacher of Mathematics -

Closing date: Midday, Fri 9th Oct, 2026. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

25/09/2026

We are looking to recruit an Estates Manager -

Closing date: Midday, Wed 14th Oct, 2026. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

19/09/2026

13/09/2026

Celebrating 50 Years of Co-Education at King’s

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make Friday’s 50th anniversary celebrations such a special part of Speech Day.

We are especially grateful to the Old Petriburgians Association Committee for bringing together former pupils, staff and friends of King’s. It was wonderful to welcome former Deputy Headteacher Trevor Elliott and former History teacher Charles Conquest to our anniversary luncheon.

Our celebrations continued with a fantastic Speech Day service in Peterborough Cathedral, where former King’s student and RAF pilot Amelia Grice presented the prizes.

Thank you also to everyone who joined us later at The Brewery Tap for a lovely evening of memories, conversation and catching up with old friends.

If you or your year group are approaching a special anniversary or milestone from your time at King’s, we would love to help you celebrate it. Please get in touch and we will do what we can to support you in bringing people together.

11/09/2026

Just some of our Speech Day Prizewinners - 2026

11/09/2026

We welcome former student Amelia Grice, to distribute prizes at Speech Day 2026.

11/09/2026

We are delighted to welcome the ladies that started King's in 1976 to Speech Day 2026, celebrating 50 years of co-education.

10/09/2026

This September marks a very special milestone in the history of The King’s School, Peterborough — 50 years since girls first joined the School in September 1976.

During the day on Friday 11th September 2026, the girls who joined King’s in September 1976 in have been invited back to join us for Speech Day and to help us mark this important anniversary.
But we would also like the opportunity to celebrate this chapter in the School’s history more widely — and with many more of the people who were part of King’s at the time.

So, from 7pm onwards on Friday 11th September, we will be holding an informal 50 Years of Co-Education Evening Social at The Brewery Tap, Peterborough.

We would love to see anyone who was at King’s in or around those year groups during the mid-1970s — girls and boys alike. If you were a pupil at the School around that time, had a brother or sister at King’s, were a member of staff, had another connection with the School, or simply remember that period of King’s history, you will be very warmly welcomed.

This is deliberately an inclusive and informal reunion. You certainly do not need to have been one of the first girls to attend — we want to bring together the wider King’s community who shared those years and those memories.

We are also fortunate to have Celebrating 50 Years of Co-Education at King’s – Evening Social Event private function room at the back of The Brewery Tap, giving us a quieter space where we can meet, talk, reminisce and catch up properly, while still enjoying everything the Brewery Tap has to offer.

There is no formal programme for the evening — just an opportunity to reconnect with old friends, share memories and celebrate a remarkable 50 years of co-education at King’s.

📅 Friday 11th September 2026
🕖 From 7pm onwards
📍 The Brewery Tap - Peterborough

Whether you have remained closely connected with King’s or have not been back for many years, please come down and join us.
All Old Petriburgians, former staff, friends and members of the wider King’s community are very welcome — and please do share the event with anyone you think might like to come.
We hope it will be a really special night

09/09/2026

As we look forward to welcoming back some of the girls who first joined King’s in September 1976 for Speech Day this Friday, we’ll be sharing a few fascinating archive stories from 50 years ago.

This newspaper cutting features Deborah Matthews, the first female prefect at King’s — a small but significant moment in the School’s history.

Fifty years on, generations of girls have served as prefects and student leaders at King’s before going on to a huge range of professions and careers.

We’re looking forward to celebrating 50 years of co-education at King’s and sharing more memories from 1976 throughout the year.

09/09/2026

We are excited to welcome former student Amelia Grice (KSP 2012-2014) back to King's this Friday for our annual Speech Day and Distribution of Prizes.

Amelia's inspiring journey since leaving King’s has taken her from Oxford University to the Royal Air Force's fast-jet pilot training programme.

We look forward to celebrating our students' achievements with her and are delighted to welcome her back to the King’s community, especially as we also celebrate 50 years of co-education.