St Anne's Catholic Primary School

About St Anne's Catholic Primary School

St Anne's Catholic Primary School sits within Surrey local authority, a large county with 298 primary schools, and ranks 34th among them. In the more immediate Runnymede area, it places 3rd out of 17 primary schools, putting it comfortably in the top quarter nationally. The strongest performers in the same local authority are South Farnham School, The Raleigh School, and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School — all scoring above 90 on the ranking metric. St Anne's itself achieves a score of 79, which reflects solid academic performance relative to its peers. The school is a state-funded Catholic primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, with a capacity of 436 and currently 430 on roll. Headteacher Carmel Martin leads a school that has held a Good rating from Ofsted across both its most recent inspections, with the latest full graded inspection taking place in March 2024.

In its 2024 Ofsted inspection, St Anne's received Good for overall effectiveness, quality of education, early years provision, and leadership and management, but was rated Outstanding for both personal development and behaviour and attitudes. That's a notable improvement from the previous 2015 inspection, where those two categories were not separately graded. On the academic front, the school's Key Stage 2 results from 2023/24 show 79% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the Surrey local authority average of 66%. In reading, 89% met the expected standard and 43% reached the higher standard; in maths, 85% met the expected standard and 38% reached the higher standard. Average scaled scores sit at 107 for both reading and maths. Only 11% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects, which is a more selective benchmark.

The school is clearly popular: for 2025/26 entry, it received 152 applications for 60 places, with 71 first-preference applications and 59 offers made to first-preference families. That oversubscription ratio of 2.53 reflects strong local demand. Facilities include art studios, music rooms, a forest school area, outdoor playground, dining hall, and a chapel. Sports on offer range from gymnastics and dance to netball, football, cricket, rounders, and cross country, while clubs include drama, choir, film club, art club, and coding. The school supports pupils with a range of special educational needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families seeking a Catholic primary with strong academic outcomes and a clear focus on personal development, St Anne's is a well-regarded choice in the Runnymede area.

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