St Anne's Catholic School is an 11-18

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, 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. Until 2006, it was known as St Anne's Convent School.

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

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in Bournemouth during WW2 as they were moved to safety. That school was open throughout the war.< St Anne's was the first

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to convert to a comprehensive intake. After over a century of

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, 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.

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

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. The westwards extension of No. 12 was built in 1961, for which the architects, Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners, received a Civic Trust design award; 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".

Academics

The school annually achieves significantly better than the national average. The progress students make from starting at age 11 places it in the top 10% of schools nationally. The school's 5A*-C indicator has been in the 70-80% range for the past four years. It achieved an

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result of 47% in 2015. It regularly ranks at the top of the

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results table for non-independent schools in

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Ofsted inspection reports

The school was last inspected by

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in March 2016. The inspection team rated the overall effectiveness of the school as Outstanding in all areas, including the sixth form.

References

External links

The school's website

The school on Ofsted's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Anne's Catholic School (Southampton) Girls' schools in Hampshire Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Portsmouth Secondary schools in Southampton Academies in Southampton Recipients of Civic Trust Awards 1904 establishments in England Educational institutions established in 1904