St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy

St Anne’s Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy, demonstrates good overall effectiveness in its inaugural inspection since becoming an academy. The school has made significant improvements, particularly under new leadership, raising expectations for students' behavior and academic performance. Most pupils feel safe and valued, with strong support for their personal development and engagement in extracurricular activities. The curriculum is well-structured, allowing students to progress effectively, and there are robust support systems for those with special educational needs.

Strengths

• Leaders have created a positive school atmosphere where most pupils feel safe and happy.
• Significant improvements in behavior and high expectations from school leaders.
• Strong support and adaptations for pupils with SEND to ensure they learn alongside their peers.
• Effective systems in place to identify and support pupils struggling with reading.
• High levels of staff pride and commitment to the school’s vision.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not effectively check pupils' understanding, leading to gaps in knowledge.
• Attendance issues, particularly among disadvantaged pupils, impacting their learning.

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 St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy attended 89.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 27.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 21.5% of pupils at St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 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 St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 21.2% of pupils at St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy received £8,300 and spent £7,836 for each of its 642 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £428,000 (£667 per pupil).

Across all 27 schools of Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust, income was £5,800 and spending £5,816 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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St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy is part of Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Stockport
• St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Stockport
• St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy Stockport
• St Mary's RC Primary School, Manchester, A Voluntary Academy Manchester
• St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy Manchester
• St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester
• St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Manchester
• St John Fisher RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Denton Manchester
• St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester
• St Stephen's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester

What is St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy have?

St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy has 666 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy cover?

St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 41.4, and 40% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy?

St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy is at Glenfield Road, Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 2QP.