Hylton Road, Pennywell, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR4 9AA
10 reasons to choose St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School
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St Anne’s Roman Catholic Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Sunderland and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
St Anne’s Roman Catholic Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2022) inspection. It is one of the 5 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Sunderland LEA.
Average class size
St Anne’s Roman Catholic Primary School 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 Roman Catholic Primary School ranks in the top 15% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 8% of schools.
The St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. 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 Roman Catholic Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School
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
School hours are staggered by age group and are from 8.30/8.45am to 3.00/3.15pm. Breakfast club from 8.00am.
Find another school near St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School
Argyle House School, Infants & Juniors (2.1 miles); Newcastle Preparatory School (12.6 miles); RGS Junior School (12.7 miles).
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Sunderland (1.4 miles); Grange Park Primary School (2.5 miles); East Boldon Junior School (3.2 miles).
Argyle House School (2.1 miles) Newcastle High School for Girls (12.5 miles); Royal Grammar School (12.6 miles).
Christ’s College (0.5 miles); St Anthony’s Girls’ Catholic Academy (2.7 miles); Whitburn Church of England Academy (6.1 miles).