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St Anne's Church Academy

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personMrs Emma Hardy - Smith

corporate_fareTHE PRIORY LEARNING TRUST

location_onWeston Super Mare, BS24 6RT

language Visit Website phone 1934520461

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2017

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Students

389

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Expected Standard

70%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Anne's Church Academy is a Academy converter primary school in Weston Super Mare, serving ages 2-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 34% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Anne's Church Academy is an academy converter in Weston Super Mare, North Somerset, admitting pupils aged 2-11. It is part of THE PRIORY LEARNING TRUST. The school has approximately 372 pupils on roll, of whom 9% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #13 of 57 primaries in North Somerset and #3,768 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2017. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 26.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.3 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

70%

LA 61%

Reading80% LA 73%

Writing83% LA 72%

Maths83% LA 72%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

65%

LA 60%England 61%

Reading73% LA 72% · Eng 74%

Writing82% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths75% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 60%England 60%

Reading75% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing81% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths79% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.4

Read

LA 0.0

-3.1 to 0.3

-0.4

Write

LA -0.7

-2.0 to 1.3

-1.3

Maths

LA -0.6

-2.9 to 0.4

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

70%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading93% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing83% LA 79% · Eng 78%

Maths83% LA 78% · Eng 79%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.7

Read

LA -0.7

-0.5 to 4.0

0.2

Write

LA -0.7

-1.9 to 2.3

-0.3

Maths

LA -1.0

-2.3 to 1.6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

04 May 2022

Inspection Report

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05 April 2018

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2017-10-10

Maintained Academy and School Short inspection EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-02-21

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.3%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.1%(4 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 372 pupils. During this period, there were 5 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.3%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	372	5	1.3%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	376	5	1.3%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	388	2	0.5%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	385	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	385	1	0.3%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	387	2	0.5%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	389	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	391	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	397	2	0.5%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	394	1	0.3%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	388	2	0.5%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	394	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	389	1	0.3%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	387	1	0.3%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	368	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	368	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	370	4	1.1%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	345	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	344	2	0.6%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	340	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 27 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 14 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 11 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 3 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils

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St Anne's Church Academy

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Church of England)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Funding & Staffing

School Funding Allocation

Funding Breakdown

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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