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St annes Catholic and sixth form
Address
Carlton Road

Southampton
,
Hampshire
,
SO15 2WZ

England
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoSemper Fidelis
(Always faithful)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1904[1]
Department for Education URN138476 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherJulian Waterfield[2]
GenderGirls; coeducational sixth form
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1080
Houses7
Colour(s)Blue and yellow
DiocesePortsmouth
Websitehttp://www.st-annes.uk.com/

St Anne's Catholic School is an 11-18 secondary school in Southampton, England, for girls. The school's sixth form is coeducational. The school is situated close to the city centre, and attracts pupils from all round the city and beyond. The school converted to academy status in August 2012. In January 2016, there were 1080 students enrolled, with 48 students at the end of Year 13.[3] Until 2006, it was known as St Anne's Convent School.[4]

History

St Anne's Convent School was established in 1904 by the La Sainte Union Sisters and is still under their trusteeship.

Girls from this school joined Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth during WW2 as they were moved to safety. That school was open throughout the war.[5]

St Anne's was the first direct grant grammar school to convert to a comprehensive intake.[6] After over a century of single-sex education, boys were admitted into the sixth form for the first time beginning in the 2006-07 school year. The word "convent" was dropped from the school's official title to reflect this change.[4][7]

Premises

The school occupies a site on the corner of Carlton Road and Carlton Crescent back to Rockstone Place. Nos. 11 and 12 Carlton Crescent are Grade II listed buildings. The westwards extension of No. 12 was built in 1961, for which the architects, Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners, received a Civic Trust design award;[8] this was described as "a model of neighbourly treatment in terms of scale character and materials, and an outstanding example of a modern building meeting present-day requirements yet harmonising beautifully with an earlier style".[9]

Academics

The school annually achieves significantly better than the national average.[10] The progress students make from starting at age 11 places it in the top 10% of schools nationally.[11] The school's 5A*-C indicator has been in the 70-80% range for the past four years. It achieved an English Baccalaureate result of 47% in 2015.[12] It regularly ranks at the top of the A Levels results table for non-independent schools in Hampshire.[4]

Ofsted inspection reports

The last full inspection of the school by Ofsted was in 2016. The inspection team rated the overall effectiveness of the school as Outstanding in all areas, including the sixth form.[13][14] A short inspection in 2022 repeated the judgement of Outstanding.[15]

Alumni

References

  1. ↑ "St. Anne's Catholic School Website".
  2. ↑ "St Anne's Catholic School". Get Information about Schools. Gov.UK. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "DfE School and College Performance Tables 2015". Department for Education. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Oh boy, the times are changing at St Anne's". Hampshire Chronicle. 4 March 2005.
  5. ↑ "Pictures: The school that shocked Victorian Bournemouth: Talbot Heath turns 130". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Donnison, David, ed. (1970), Report on Independent Day Schools and Direct Grant Grammar Schools, Public Schools Commission, Second Report, vol. 1, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, p. 55, ISBN 978-0-11-270170-5.
  7. ↑ "St Anne's to take boys for the first time in 100 years". Hampshire Chronicle. 4 September 2006.
  8. ↑ Leonard, A. G. K. "Carlton Crescent: Southampton's most spectacular Regency development" (PDF). Southampton Local History Forum Journal. Southampton City Council. pp. 43–44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  9. ↑ Coles, R. J. (1981). Southampton's Historic Buildings. City of Southampton Society. p. 19.
  10. ↑ "School Performance Tables". Department for Education. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Value Added (Best 8) Score for St. Anne's Catholic School". School and College Performance Tables. DfE. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  12. ↑ "School and College Performance Tables". Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "St Anne's Catholic School Ofsted Report". Ofsted. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "St Anne's Catholic School only state secondary to be ranked as "outstanding" in Southampton". Daily Echo. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  15. ↑ Pailthorpe, Keith (November 2022). "Inspection of an outstanding school: St Anne's Catholic School". Ofsted. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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