Students from the school achieved success in work that demanded a high level of linguistic skill, with many succeeding as writers as well as actors.
Peck also directed productions including the first ever stage adaptation of Ted Hughes' Crow poems at BAC, The American Clock at Pegasus Theatre Oxford and cabaret at The Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zédel.
In 2011, Peck and designer Ruth Paton co-curated an exhibition entitled Work of Art at Redchurch Street Gallery and Studio1.1 in Shoreditch.
[9] Notable graduates of the school taught by Peck include actors: Charity Wakefield, Annabel Scholey, Claire Foy, Christina Cole, Andrew Gower (actor), Sophie Cookson, Jude Owusu, Jemma Powell, Lydia Rose Bewley, Alexandra Dowling, Lee Boardman, Freddy Carter, Samantha Colley, Louise Marwood, Tanya Reynolds, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Nell Hudson, Babou Ceesay; writer/actors: Richard Gadd, Ella Road, Will Adamsdale, Catherine Steadman, Adura Onashile, Gaby Best, Emily Lloyd-Saini, Celyn Jones; writers: Penelope Skinner, Luke Barnes, Lucy Strange; producer Richard Jordan; Casting Director Annelie Powell; and the late James Menzies Kitchin in whose memory the JMK Trust was established.
Professors included Stephen Sondheim, Ian McKellen, Thelma Holt, Arthur Miller, Michael Codron and Alan Ayckbourn.