St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy is a

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located in

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, England. It formally academised to join the Emmaus Catholic Multi-Academy Trust on 1 November 2020. In 2009, the school achieved arts (media) specialist school status. It is fed by St Winifred's RC Primary School in

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and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in

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, and in turn feeds

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Academics

St Anne's operates a 3 year

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, and a two year

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. A choice is made between History and Geography in year 8, and the main

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options in year 9 for year 10 and 11.

Key Stage 4

The core curriculum which all students follow is made up of the following GCSE subjects, English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Religious Education and two Combined

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qualifications that cover Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Students have already selected one Humanity subject in Year 8, History or Geography, which takes up their first GCSE option and they now choose two further option subjects.

Ofsted

Recent Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (

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) inspections who have included:

2014 Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rated the school as being inadequate in several areas, including leadership and management and quality of teaching, during a 2014 inspection. In the same academic year, school received negative reviews on Parent View, which is operated by Ofsted, and 68% of parents said they did not trust the management of the school. As a consequence, the school is inspected once every three months. A 2015 inspection, whilst accepting there was "a long way to go", showed the school was making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures, and the school's action plan was now fit for purpose.

2020 Ofsted Inspection

Six years later, the school was subjected to a full inspection. The inspectors said that: "The people who are responsible for this school have failed its pupils for far too long.Leaders have not ensured that the school is a safe and happy place in which pupils can flourish" This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th
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© Crown copyright The school has gained the sobriquet 'The Forgotten School' and had ten head-teachers in eleven years. The current headteacher Dan Wright is in negotiations to join the Emmaus Trust, a potential Catholic

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(CMAT) proposed for the southern part of the

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Notable alumni

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- 11th

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References

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