St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Manchester, Tameside·M34 5QA
Composite score
63.1
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#3,120
National rank
#395
In North West
#5
In Tameside
Top 21%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
79%
38 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.27
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
50
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.70 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1125 m
Applications from another council area
26%

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
234
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
30.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£3,210
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Manchester, Tameside, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 234 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 72% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 21% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 38 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.70 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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 above.

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