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St Anne's Catholic Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedAcademyCatholic435 pupilsChertseySurrey
School Chooser Score
88
Well above
similar schools
Likely range 78 to 93, so it could be “above”
Out of 100. Better than 55% of the 50 schools most like it. Getting better year on year.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, March 2024
Reached the expected level at 1173%England 63%
Attendance96.3%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families10%Far fewer than most schools
Places1 spare435 pupils, 436 places
Pupils per teacher22.8School workforce census

St Anne's Catholic Primary School is a converter academy in Chertsey for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 435 pupils and room for 436. About 10 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 88 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 55% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.

Free Prae Road, Chertsey, KT16 8ET01932 562251stannes-chertsey.surrey.sch.ukMrs Carmel Martin headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 12 March 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Outstanding
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

60 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1173%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level17%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score109.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score108.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 82%82%20172018: 66%66%20182019: 86%86%20192023: 67%67%20232024: 79%79%20242025: 73%73%2025
Since 2017: -9%Improving overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017SurreyEngland
Pupils tested606164636160
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths73%79%67%86%66%82%67%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths17%11%6%16%13%5%11%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score109.0107.0107.0108.0105.0108.0107.0105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score108.0107.0105.0108.0104.0106.0105.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score110.0109.0106.0112.0106.0108.0106.3105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard85%89%83%87%77%88%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard85%85%80%92%70%83%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)87%85%81%90%80%87%
Reading progressReading progress score+1.3+1.8+0.9+1.8
Maths progressMaths progress score+1.3+2.1-0.3+0.3
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged50%50%44%50%50%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged77%82%71%94%68%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
50%77%
Gap 27 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
71%77%
Gap 6 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
64%73%
Gap 9 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%17%
Gap 17 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published. As a Catholic school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

Full428 pupils for 420 places, 2024/25
102% full

The school is full, with 8 more pupils than it has places for. More families apply than can get in, so things like how close you live and whether an older brother or sister is already here decide who gets a place. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

Will my child get a place?

The last child to get a place lived 500 m away in 2026, 490 m away in 2025, 170 m away in 2024. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils, faith and other priority groups are placed first. After that, the closer you live, the better your chances. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2026. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 500 m from the school. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.

EntryPlacesGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary6060500 mLA
2025 Primary6060490 mLA
2024 Primary6060170 mLA

The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.

What a home within 490 m of the school costs

Typical sale price within 490 m of the school£400,000half sold for £278k to £485k
Homes sold91December 2023 to December 2025, Land Registry
Compared with the district-14%a typical home in the district sells for £465,000

Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll435Census January 2026
Places436100% full
Pupils from low-income families10%10% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English34%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support14%62 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%20 pupils with a plan
Average class size31.114 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils57%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)9%£62,000 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls215 / 220
White British pupils51%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 29.8 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 32.0 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (32), emotional and mental health (23), Autistic spectrum disorder (10), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (9), Specific learning difficulty (6), Hearing impairment (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll435430425429421418
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals10%9%9%9%10%10%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language34%38%35%35%19%17%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support12%16%15%15%13%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans3%2%2%2%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.3% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance96.3%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school5.2%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils1.42024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.0%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence3.7%4.2%5.2%5.1%2.6%3.9%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence2.7%2.6%3.6%4.1%2.1%2.9%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.0%1.6%1.6%1.0%0.5%1.1%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence5.2%5.7%11.3%10.6%4.1%6.3%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate1.41.22.60.50.5
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions01000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers19.1full-time equivalent, 21 people
Pupils per teacher22.8Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers91%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants18.3full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£47,758
Teachers who left in the year18%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher5.72024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£5,651England £7,128. Total £2.4m
Income per pupil£6,258England £7,587. Total £2.7m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,874England £3,405
Money in reserve6%Not much put by: £155k, £361 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£261kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£5,651spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m35912 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate87 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average
Typical house price£465,000Runnymede
Nearest bus stop230 mStepgates Health Centre, 11 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Stepgates Community SchoolCouncil230 m278Good 202347Compare
Pyrcroft Grange Primary SchoolAcademy0.7 miles250Outstanding 202384Compare
Meadowcroft Community Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles135Report card 202610Compare
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy1.2 miles409Good 202222Compare
Darley Dene Primary SchoolAcademy1.4 miles233Good 202450Compare
Sayes Court SchoolAcademy1.5 miles237Good 202261Compare
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy1.5 miles218Report card 202681Compare
Ongar Place Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles203Not inspected20Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares St Anne's Catholic Primary School with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats55%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the upper half of its group. Its score of 88 is about the same as the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 42 · middle 86 · highest 100100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 49 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than St Anne's Catholic Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Michael Catholic Primary School & NurseryAcademy3.5 miles482Outstanding 2024100Compare
Hampton Infant School and NurseryCouncil5.8 miles372Outstanding 202397Compare
Thomson House SchoolFree school11.6 miles366No overall grade 202599Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 88 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 88% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 78 to 93. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%above
+0.21
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 60 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 2.5 years old
Progress pupils make20%above
+0.12
DfE progress measure; 60 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well above
+0.11
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%well above
+0.11
2024/25; 382 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%in line
+0.03
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 60 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is St Anne's Catholic Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. St Anne's Catholic Primary School scores 88 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 55% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 78 to 93, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.

What is St Anne's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated St Anne's Catholic Primary School good at its last full inspection on 12 March 2024.

How good are St Anne's Catholic Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 73% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 17% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does St Anne's Catholic Primary School have?

435 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 436 places, so it is 100% full.

Is St Anne's Catholic Primary School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?

Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 500 m away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.

What is attendance like at St Anne's Catholic Primary School?

Pupils were in school 96.3% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 5% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at St Anne's Catholic Primary School?

The average class had 31.1 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 57% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Free Prae Road, Chertsey, KT16 8ET
Telephone
01932 562251
Website
www.stannes-chertsey.surrey.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Carmel Martin
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Catholic, Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Multi-academy trust
Xavier Catholic Education Trust (23 schools)
Local authority
Surrey
Ward
Chertsey St Ann's
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 September 2016 (academy converter)
URN
143365 · LAESTAB 9363922 · UKPRN 10057678
Formerly
St Anne's Catholic Primary School

Where these figures come from