St Anne's Church of England Academy, Manchester
St Anne's Church of England Academy is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Manchester, part of Cranmer Education Trust. It has a Church of England religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2024. Its 2026 GCSE results were the 49th-highest of the 62 schools in Manchester with published results, and 2,128th of 3,298 across England. It was 88% full in 2025.
- GCSE results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2024)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- In line with England
- Progress (2024)
- Below average
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Rochdale (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
St Anne's Church of England Academy in detail
St Anne's Church of England Academy in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "We work hard to create a caring, safe, happy and purposeful environment in which our children and young people can learn and grow together, achieve their potential and develop into independent, responsible and caring members of society."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, rugby, athletics, drama, guitar, chess, cooking, knitting, photography and Spanish.
Coming up: an admissions event on Wednesday 4 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Rochdale
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2026, pupils at St Anne's Church of England Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44 in Rochdale and 47 across England.
33% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Rochdale and 47% in England.
That is in line with 2025, when the score was 44.1.
Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.34: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.2, against 49.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.5 points.
Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.
Getting a place at St Anne's Church of England Academy
For September 2026 entry, 198 families put St Anne's Church of England Academy as their first choice and 488 named it as one of their preferences, for 171 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 56 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at St Anne's Church of England Academy
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to St Anne's Church of England Academy are Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46); Edgar Wood Academy (0.9 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41.4); Newhouse Academy (1.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 44); and Dixons Middleton Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.9).
St Anne's Church of England Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High SchoolEdgar Wood AcademyNewhouse AcademyDixons Middleton Academy
The trust
St Anne's Church of England Academy is one of 10 schools run by Cranmer Education Trust, an academy trust.
Where pupils go next
Of the 148 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 62% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.
Who goes there
48.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Heywood (East Lancashire Railway), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Anne's Academy (outside), 90 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, St Anne's Church of England Academy issued 266 suspensions, 33.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to St Anne's Church of England Academy are Hollin Primary School (0.6 miles); Middleton Parish Church School (0.8 miles); St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton (0.8 miles); and Boarshaw Community Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
Hollin Primary SchoolMiddleton Parish Church SchoolSt Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, MiddletonBoarshaw Community Primary School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE destination measures; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
The school has created a warm and welcoming environment for pupils. Teachers get to know pupils well and they have high ambitions for their success. From the very start of Year 7, the school instils clear expectations for pupils' academic development. Teachers support pupils to build successfully on their prior knowledge.
Pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), follow a broad and ambitious curriculum. They benefit from the positive changes that the school has made to the quality of education that it provides. As a result of these improvements, pupils are achieving increasingly well across a range of subjects.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school, with the support of the trust, has implemented a number of improvements to the curriculum in recent years. Alongside these changes, the school has strengthened staffing and provided appropriate training for teachers. As a result, the school has considerably raised the level of ambition and the quality of the curriculum. The proportion of pupils studying the English Baccalaureate suite of subjects is increasing.
The 2023 published data indicates that pupils' progress and attainment at the end of Year 11 were below the national average. This was because of a legacy of uneven curriculum delivery, coupled with lower rates of attendance following the COVID-19 pandemic. Current pupils have benefited from a much-strengthened quality of education. As a result, most pupils are now achieving well.
From Ofsted's July 2024 inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its July 2024 inspection.
Rated Good for
Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.
At a Glance
48.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Secondary Performance (GCSE)
Academic year 2025/26GCSE Results
2025/26 academic year
Progress 8 has improved from -0.69 to -0.34 (2023 to 2024). Attainment 8 has improved from 37.5 to 43.3 (2023 to 2026). GCSE English & Maths 5+ has improved from 25% to 33% (2023 to 2026).
Performance by Group
| Group | Progress 8 | Attainment 8 | Eng+Maths 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| All pupils | - | 43.3 | 32.5% |
| Disadvantaged(80) | - | 36.2 | 17.5% |
| Not known to be disadvantaged(89) | - | 49.7 | 46.1% |
| Boys(84) | - | 43.8 | 35.7% |
| Girls(85) | - | 42.9 | 29.4% |
Show more breakdowns (2)
| Known or believed to be other than English(28) | - | 51.3 | 35.7% |
| Non mobile(166) | - | 43.7 | 33.1% |
2025/26 academic year - DfE performance tables data
GCSE Subjects Offered
+ 4 more subjects
2025/26 academic year - entries by number of pupils
After GCSEs - Leaver Destinations
After GCSEs (Year 11) - 148 students
2023/24 data
Exclusions & Suspensions
6
Permanent exclusions
0.76%
Exclusion rate
266
Suspensions
33.84%
Suspension rate
99 pupils received one or more suspensions out of 786 pupils
2024/25 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with St Anne's Church of England Academy
Term dates
St Anne's Church of England Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Rochdale's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. St Anne's Church of England Academy is in Rochdale; for families living there:
- Rochdale's school travel policy: Home to School Transport Policy
- How to apply: Apply for school travel expenses
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 5 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Rochdale is 10 (the median across 106 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
791 pupils
900 places
109 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Manchester
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Manchester
Across Rochdale council
Places available
3,030
Applications
2,860
Got 1st preference
86.8%
Got preferred school
97.0%
All secondary applications across Rochdale council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(11)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
161
SEN Support
36
EHC Plans
24.1%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
817
Total Pupils
394
Boys
423
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
57
Teachers
14.3:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£52,079
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£8,013
Per pupil
£6802k
Total funding
£412k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
8.8%
Overall absence
23.5%
Persistent absence
859
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
St Anne's Church of England Academy
Showing 10 of 14 linked schools
Questions parents ask about St Anne's Church of England Academy
What are GCSE results like at St Anne's Church of England Academy?
In the 2026 results, pupils at St Anne's Church of England Academy achieved an Attainment 8 score of 43.3. 33% passed GCSE English and maths at grade 5 or above.
What is St Anne's Church of England Academy's Ofsted rating?
St Anne's Church of England Academy was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2024. At its previous graded inspection in 2021 it was rated Requires Improvement.
What is the catchment area for St Anne's Church of England Academy?
No fixed boundary. When St Anne's Church of England Academy is oversubscribed, Rochdale allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at St Anne's Church of England Academy?
St Anne's Church of England Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 88% of its 900 places.
How big are the classes at St Anne's Church of England Academy?
Classes at St Anne's Church of England Academy average 22.3 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to St Anne's Church of England Academy?
St Anne's Church of England Academy has around 817 pupils on roll. 48% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at St Anne's Church of England Academy?
8.8% of sessions were missed at St Anne's Church of England Academy in 2024/25. 23.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to St Anne's Church of England Academy?
Apply through Rochdale's coordinated admissions process, naming St Anne's Church of England Academy on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.
How many road collisions happen near St Anne's Church of England Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 5 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 on a bicycle. 3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Rochdale is 10 (the median across 106 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Anne's Church of England Academy?
St Anne's Church of England Academy is at Hollin Lane, Middleton, Manchester, M24 6XN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)