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St Anne's Catholic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 54 54.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
66.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
24.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.72 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 55.6[6] 66.4%[6]
2023/24 56.3[4] 65.1%[4] +0.72[4]
2022/23 55.8[7] 66%[7] +0.62[7]
2021/22 58.1[8] 67%[8] +0.62[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
5.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 3.2%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 26.1%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 25.6%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 15.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
27% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
63% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
6% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2021/22[15]
Employment
1% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[15] 20%[15] 68%[15] 7%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 31%[16] 54%[16] 9%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 25%[17] 67%[17] 6%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 16%[18] 69%[18] 8%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[19]
Education
64% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
18% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 70%[20] 0%[20] 19%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 75%[21] 3%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 86%[22] 81%[22] 0%[22] 5%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 70%[23] 2%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
79% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
32% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
25% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 86%[26] 44%[26]
2019/20 93%[25] 26%[25] 25%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 89%[27] 27%[27] 21%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 82%[28] 18%[28] 18%[28] 4%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
5 Jun 2024[29]
Type
S8 No Formal Designation Visit[29]
Report published
11 Jul 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Met[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 Sep 2022[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Outstanding[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
350 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
167 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
205 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 343[32] 166[32] 205[32] 1.7[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 393[32] 228[32] 206[32] 1.9[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2023 369[32] 191[32] 211[32] 1.7[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 349[32] 187[32] 227[32] 1.5[32] 0.8[32]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1079[1]
Trust
ST ANNE'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Southampton[1]
Website
http://www.st-annes.uk.com/[1]
District
Southampton[34]
Postcode
SO15 2WZ[1]
URN
138476[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1225 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
36.7% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
7.6% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
1.1% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.2% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
24.3%[36]
Mixed
9.1%[36]
Asian
48.4%[36]
Black
14.6%[36]
Any other ethnic group
3.7%[36]
Unclassified
0%[36]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    Applications For an application to be on-time, it must be made by 23:59 on the 31 October 2025. (p. 2)
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