Lynton Avenue, Weeping Cross, Stafford ST17 0EA
10 reasons to choose St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Weeping Cross
Top line
St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Weeping Cross has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Stafford and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Weeping Cross is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 15 members of The Painsley Catholic Academy. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2010) inspection.
Average class size
St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Weeping Cross has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Weeping Cross ranks in the top 14% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 34% of schools.
The St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Weeping Cross curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Weeping Cross
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Weeping Cross
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm provided at the Church Hall, next door, by an external contractor.
Find another school near St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Weeping Cross
Stafford Preparatory School (2.9 miles); The Yarlet School (5.9 miles); Chase Grammar Preparatory School (8.3 miles).
Leasowes Primary School (0.4 miles); Berkswich Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles); Oakridge Primary School (0.9 miles).
Stafford Grammar School (2.9 miles); Chase Grammar School (8.6 miles); St Dominic’s Priory School (9.6 miles).
Wolgarston High School (5.4 miles); Erasmus Darwin Academy (12 miles); Walsall Academy (13.3 miles).