Annecy Catholic Primary School

Annecy Catholic Primary School is performing well, achieving a 'Good' overall effectiveness rating in its first inspection since becoming an academy. The school fosters a strong sense of community, with pupils feeling safe and valued, which contributes to their positive attitudes towards learning. The leadership has successfully navigated significant changes and has set high expectations for both pupils and staff. Special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) students are particularly well-supported, maintaining involvement in all school activities.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and part of a family within the school.
• Staff consistently implement a new behaviour policy, leading to respectful behaviour.
• Leaders have made swift improvements in the curriculum and quality of learning.
• Teachers skillfully use assessment to support pupil learning.
• Reading is prioritized effectively, helping weaker readers catch up quickly.
• Early years provision strongly supports children's concentration and perseverance.
• Pupils learn about mental health and well-being through various initiatives.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack comprehensive curriculum coverage for future knowledge.
• Tasks in certain subjects do not always align with curriculum aims.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Annecy Catholic Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.7% of pupils at Annecy Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Annecy Catholic Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.5% of pupils at Annecy Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Annecy Catholic Primary School received £6,611 and spent £5,502 for each of its 184 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £89,000 (£482 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Bosco Catholic Education Trust, income was £6,193 and spending £6,300 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Annecy Catholic Primary School is part of Bosco Catholic Education Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School Eastbourne
• St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Burgess Hill
• St Peter's Catholic Primary School Shoreham-By-Sea
• St Richard's Catholic College Bexhill-On-Sea
• St Paul's Catholic College Burgess Hill
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Haywards Heath
• St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School St Leonards-On-Sea
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School Worthing
• Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Hastings
• St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School Littlehampton

What is Annecy Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Annecy Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Annecy Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Annecy Catholic Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Annecy Catholic Primary School have?

Annecy Catholic Primary School has 189 pupils on roll.

What age range does Annecy Catholic Primary School cover?

Annecy Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Annecy Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Annecy Catholic Primary School?

Annecy Catholic Primary School is at Annecy Catholic Primary School, Sutton Avenue, SEAFORD, East Sussex, BN25 4LF.