St Anne's Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Southampton
Carlton Road, Southampton, SO15 2WZ
80
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
96%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.8%
20.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,189
Capacity used
Over capacity110%
1,079 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
96%
1st preference success rate
160 of 166 families who put it first got an offer
205
Places offered
343
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 166 | 160 | ● 96% |
| 2nd preference | 121 | 34 | ● 28% |
| 3rd preference | 56 | 11 | ● 20% |
| Total | 343 | 205 | 60% |
1st preference success by year
Southampton lets families list 3 preferences. 34 applications came from outside the council area (12 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Julian Waterfield
- Address
- Carlton Road, Southampton, SO15 2WZ
- Phone
- 02380328200
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Ward / constituency
- Banister & Polygon · Southampton Test
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138476
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 34% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 43% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST ANNE'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
1,189 pupils · 1,079 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
22 September 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,109 pupils
Attendance
92.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 56.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.72 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 81% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.07 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 29.96 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 66.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 79.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 38.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.98 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 214 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 30.87 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 5.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 79 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 215 | 26% | 69% | 81% | |
| English Language | 214 | 38% | 71% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 205 | 39% | 77% | 89% | |
| Religious Studies | 203 | 48% | 74% | 86% | |
| Combined Science | 181 | 20% | 54% | 75% | |
| Geography | 98 | 30% | 65% | 78% | |
| History | 83 | 34% | 63% | 72% | |
| Business | 63 | 11% | 29% | 41% | |
| Spanish | 58 | 43% | 69% | 81% | |
| Art and Design | 45 | 33% | 67% | 80% | |
| French | 39 | 51% | 79% | 82% | |
| Biology | 31 | 77% | 97% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | 27 | 4% | 19% | 52% | |
| Biology | 22 | 0% | 0% | 23% | |
| Mathematics | 21 | 5% | 24% | 52% | |
| Psychology | 20 | 0% | 5% | 40% | |
| Chemistry | 18 | 0% | 6% | 11% | |
| Economics | 13 | 0% | 15% | 46% | |
| History | 12 | 0% | 0% | 67% | |
| Geography | 10 | 0% | 30% | 60% | |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 0% | 63% | 75% | |
| Physics | 7 | 0% | 14% | 57% | |
| English Literature | 7 | 14% | 14% | 57% | |
| Business Studies | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 11045: St Anne's Catholic School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 65% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 0% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 70% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Southampton council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.