St Anne's Church of England Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Manchester, M24 6XN
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Edgar Wood Academy
Heywood Old Road, Heywood, OL10 2QN
Local ranking12th of 13 secondary schools in Rochdale
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 2 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 115
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 637
- Boys
- 391 (54%)
- Girls
- 338 (46%)
- Capacity
- 900 (81% full)
- SEND
- 17.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.5%
- EAL
- 14.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,777/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 69.8%
- Black African: 7.8%
- White Other: 6.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.8%
- Other: 1.4%
69.8%
White British
7.8%
Black African
6.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 148596
- UKPRN
- 10088755
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- ALTUS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
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