St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

Academy sponsor led · Primary school · Accrington, Lancashire
BB5 2AN
Composite score
23.4

School overview

St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Accrington, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 129 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 'Inadequate'. 36% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#14,194
National rank
#2195
In North West
#430
In Lancashire
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
36%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Inadequate

School profile

Pupils on roll 129 % FSM ever-6 36.6% % EAL 27.9% Age range 4–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Roman Catholic

Location

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